Review of antibiotic prescriptions as part of antimicrobial stewardship programmes: results from a pilot implementation at two provincial-level hospitals in Viet Nam.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To investigate the feasibility of retrospective prescription-based review and to describe the antibiotic prescribing patterns to provide information for an antimicrobial stewardship programme in Viet Nam.

Methods

This study was conducted in two provincial-level hospitals between February and April 2020. Reviews were done by a clinical team consisting of leaders/senior doctors of each ward to assess the optimal level (optimal/adequate/suboptimal/inadequate/not assessable) of antibiotic prescriptions. Mixed-effect logistic regression at prescription level was used to explore factors associated with optimal antibiotic use.

Results

The retrospective prescription-based review was accepted by study clinical wards with varied levels of participants. One hundred an

SUBMITTER: Ngan TTD 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9847554 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature