Journal article
Antimicrobial utilization data: Does point prevalence data correlate with defined daily doses?
Abstract
We correlated antibiotic consumption measured by point prevalence survey with defined daily doses (DDD) across multiple hospitals. Point prevalence survey had a higher correlation (1) with monthly DDDs than annual DDDs, (2) in nonsurgical versus surgical wards, and (3) on high- versus low-utilization wards. Findings may be hospital specific due to hospital differences.
Authors
Lee SB; Thirion DJG; Irfan N; Sung M; Brooks A; Al-Mutawa F; Frenette C; Mertz D
Journal
Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology, Vol. 40, No. 8, pp. 920–921
Publisher
Cambridge University Press (CUP)
Publication Date
8 2019
DOI
10.1017/ice.2019.154
ISSN
0899-823X