Antimicrobial Stewardship with and without Infectious Diseases Specialist Services to Improve Quality-of-Care in Secondary and Tertiary Care Hospitals in Germany: Study Protocol of the ID ROLL OUT Study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Antimicrobial stewardship (AMS) programs aim to secure the rational prescription of antibiotics through implementing department- or hospital-level activities. Infectious disease (ID) specialists improve the quality of care and outcomes in infection patients predominantly by individual consultations and patient-level interventions. While hospital AMS programs are established to various extents in Germany, ID specialist services are rarely available in this country. In the ID ROLL OUT study, we will implement and evaluate hospital-level AMS tools with and without ID specialist services in secondary and tertiary care hospitals. We aim to identify means to comprehensively and sustainably improve the quality of care of patients with infectious diseases.

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SUBMITTER: Zimmermann N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8576457 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature