From intermittent antibiotic point prevalence surveys to quality improvement: experience in Scottish hospitals

William Malcolm; Dilip Nathwani; Peter Davey; Tracey Cromwell; Andrea Patton; Jacqueline Reilly; Shona Cairns; Marion Bennie

doi:10.1186/2047-2994-2-3

From intermittent antibiotic point prevalence surveys to quality improvement: experience in Scottish hospitals

William Malcolm, Dilip Nathwani, Peter Davey, Tracey Cromwell, Andrea Patton, Jacqueline Reilly, Shona Cairns, Marion Bennie

Strathclyde Institute Of Pharmacy And Biomedical Sciences

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Abstract

In 2008, the Scottish Antimicrobial Prescribing Group (SAPG) was established to coordinate a national antimicrobial stewardship programme. In 2009 SAPG led participation in a European point prevalence survey (PPS) of hospital antibiotic use. We describe how SAPG used this baseline PPS as the foundation for implementation of measures for improvement in antibiotic prescribing.

Original language	English
Article number	3
Number of pages	9
Journal	Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control
Volume	2
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1186/2047-2994-2-3
Publication status	Published - 15 Jan 2013

Keywords

antimicrobial stewardship
quality improvement
prescribing indicators
point prevalence surveys
antibiotic
hospital prescribing
surgical prophylaxis

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