Short and Concise Peer-to-Peer Teaching-Example of a Successful Antibiotic Stewardship Intervention to Increase Iv to Po Conversion.

ABSTRACT: Antibiotic stewardship (ABS) programs aim to combine effective treatment with minimized antibiotic-related harms. Common ABS interventions are simple and effective, but their implementation in daily practice is often difficult. The aim of our study was to investigate if a single, short, peer-to-peer teaching intervention (junior doctor to junior doctor) during clinical routine can successfully improve antibiotic prescriptions. We performed a quasi-experimental before-after study on a regular care cardiology ward at a large academic medical center in Germany. We evaluated antibiotic use metrics retrospectively and calculated defined daily doses (DDD) with the anatomical therapeutic chemical/DDD classification system of the World Health Organization. We hypothesize that the over-representati

SUBMITTER: Wild J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8944614 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature