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Harvesting the low-hanging fruit? Comparative assessment of intravenous to oral route antimicrobial conversion policy implementation.
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Infection control and hospital epidemiology [Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol] 2023 Jun; Vol. 44 (6), pp. 954-958. Date of Electronic Publication: 2022 Jul 15. - Publication Year :
- 2023
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Abstract
- Policies that promote conversion of antibiotics from intravenous to oral route administration are considered "low hanging fruit" for hospital antimicrobial stewardship programs. We developed a simple metric based on digestive days of therapy divided by total days of therapy for targeted agents and a method for hospital comparisons. External comparisons may help identify opportunities for improving prospective implementation.
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 1559-6834
- Volume :
- 44
- Issue :
- 6
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- Infection control and hospital epidemiology
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 35838318
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1017/ice.2022.158