Denominator Matters in Estimating Antimicrobial Use: A Comparison of Days Present and Patient Days.

Autor:	Moehring RW; 1Duke Center for Antimicrobial Stewardship and Infection Prevention,Duke University,Durham,North Carolina., Dodds Ashley ES; 1Duke Center for Antimicrobial Stewardship and Infection Prevention,Duke University,Durham,North Carolina., Ren X; 2Department of Biostatistics,Duke University,Durham,North Carolina., Lokhnygina Y; 2Department of Biostatistics,Duke University,Durham,North Carolina., Baker AW; 1Duke Center for Antimicrobial Stewardship and Infection Prevention,Duke University,Durham,North Carolina., Jones TM; 1Duke Center for Antimicrobial Stewardship and Infection Prevention,Duke University,Durham,North Carolina., Lewis SS; 1Duke Center for Antimicrobial Stewardship and Infection Prevention,Duke University,Durham,North Carolina., Sexton DJ; 1Duke Center for Antimicrobial Stewardship and Infection Prevention,Duke University,Durham,North Carolina., Anderson DJ; 1Duke Center for Antimicrobial Stewardship and Infection Prevention,Duke University,Durham,North Carolina.
Jazyk:	angličtina
Zdroj:	Infection control and hospital epidemiology [Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol] 2018 May; Vol. 39 (5), pp. 612-615. Date of Electronic Publication: 2018 Mar 26.
DOI:	10.1017/ice.2018.54
Abstrakt:	Patient days and days present were compared to directly measured person time to quantify how choice of different denominator metrics may affect antimicrobial use rates. Overall, days present were approximately one-third higher than patient days. This difference varied among hospitals and units and was influenced by short length of stay.Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 2018;39:612-615.
Databáze:	MEDLINE
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