Inpatient antibiotic prescribing patterns using the World Health Organization (WHO) Access Watch and Reserve (AWaRe) classification in Okinawa, Japan: A point-prevalence survey

Autor:	Payal K. Patel, Naoyuki Satoh, Masashi Narita, Yoshiaki Cho, Yusuke Oshiro, Tomoharu Suzuki, Karen E. Fowler, M. Todd Greene, Yasuharu Tokuda, Keith S. Kaye
Jazyk:	angličtina
Rok vydání:	2022
Předmět:	Infectious and parasitic diseases RC109-216 Public aspects of medicine RA1-1270
Zdroj:	Antimicrobial Stewardship & Healthcare Epidemiology, Vol 2 (2022)
Druh dokumentu:	article
ISSN:	2732-494X
DOI:	10.1017/ash.2022.263
Popis:	Using point-prevalence methodology and the World Health Organization (WHO) Access, Watch, and Reserve Classification, we measured antibiotic use in 5 hospitals in Okinawa, Japan, on October 1, 2020. Overall, 29% of patients were prescribed an antibiotic on the survey date and the 3 most used antibiotics in the “Watch” category were cefazolin, ampicillin-sulbactam, and ampicillin.
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