Inappropriate intravenous antimicrobial starts: An antimicrobial stewardship metric for hemodialysis facilities.

Autor:	Hahn PD; Division of Disease Control, Philadelphia Department of Public Health, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.; Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists, Atlanta, Georgia., Figgatt M; Division of Disease Control, Philadelphia Department of Public Health, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania., Peritz T; Division of Disease Control, Philadelphia Department of Public Health, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania., Coffin SE; Division of Disease Control, Philadelphia Department of Public Health, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.; Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Pediatrics, Perelman School of Medicine at University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Jazyk:	angličtina
Zdroj:	Infection control and hospital epidemiology [Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol] 2019 Oct; Vol. 40 (10), pp. 1178-1180. Date of Electronic Publication: 2019 Jul 29.
DOI:	10.1017/ice.2019.219
Abstrakt:	We assessed the appropriateness of intravenous antimicrobial starts (IVASs) in Philadelphia County hemodialysis facilities using only National Healthcare Safety Network data. We classified 57.5% of IVASs as inappropriate. These findings warrant further investigation into the determinants of inappropriate IVASs in hemodialysis facilities to enhance antimicrobial stewardship.
Databáze:	MEDLINE
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