How to measure hospital antibiotic consumption: comparison of two methods from data surveillance in France.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Antibiotic use (ABU) surveillance in healthcare facilities (HCFs) is essential to guide stewardship. Two methods are recommended: antibiotic consumption (ABC), expressed as the number of DDD/1000 patient-days; and prevalence of antibiotic prescription (ABP) measured through point prevalence surveys. However, no evidence is provided about whether they lead to similar conclusions.

Objectives

To compare ABC and ABP regarding HCF ranking and their ability to identify outliers.

Methods

The comparison was made using 2012 national databases from the antibiotic surveillance network and prevalence study. HCF rankings according to each method were compared with Spearman's correlation coefficient. Analyses included the ABU from entire HCFs as well as according to type

SUBMITTER: Stordeur F 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8210307 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature