Detecting inappropriate total duration of antimicrobial therapy using semi-automated surveillance.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Evaluation of the appropriateness of the duration of antimicrobial treatment is a cornerstone of antibiotic stewardship programs, but it is time-consuming. Furthermore, it is often restricted to antibiotics prescribed during hospital admission. This study aimed to determine whether mandatory prescription-indication registration at the moment of prescribing antibiotics enables reliable automated assessment of the duration of antibiotic therapy, including post-discharge duration, limiting the need for manual chart review to data validation.

Methods

Antibiotic prescription and admission data, from 1-6-2020 to 31-12-2021, were electronically extracted from the Electronic Medical Record of two hospitals using mandatory indication registration. All consecutively prescri

SUBMITTER: van den Broek AK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9426230 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature