Using NHSN's Antimicrobial Use Option to Monitor and Improve Antibiotic Stewardship in Neonates.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The Antimicrobial Use (AU) Option of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's National Healthcare Safety Network (NHSN) is a surveillance resource that can provide actionable data for antibiotic stewardship programs. Such data are used to enable measurements of AU across hospitals and before, during, and after stewardship interventions.

Methods

We used monthly AU data and annual facility survey data submitted to the NHSN to describe hospitals and neonatal patient care locations reporting to the AU Option in 2017, examine frequencies of most commonly reported agents, and analyze variability in AU rates across hospitals and levels of care. We used results from these analyses in a collaborative project with Vermont Oxford Network to develop neonatal-specific

SUBMITTER: O'Leary EN 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7869145 | biostudies-literature | 2019 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature