TY - JOUR
T1 - Antimicrobial Stewardship—Qualitative and Quantitative Outcomes
T2 - The Role of Measurement
AU - Septimus, Ed
N1 - Funding Information:
Conflict of Interest Edward Septimus was a board member on IDSA. Septimus is employed at HCA. Septimus received grants from AHRQ, CDC, and NIH. Septimus was a speaker for Cubist.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2014, Springer Science+Business Media New York.
PY - 2014/10/23
Y1 - 2014/10/23
N2 - Overuse and misuse of antibiotics have contributed to the growing problem of antimicrobial resistance and serious side effects including Clostridium difficile infection. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates that more than 2 million people are infected by multidrug-resistant organisms every year. They propose that promoting antimicrobial stewardship programs (ASP) is an essential component to combat this growing threat. One of the major barriers in implementing effective ASP is the availability of reliable measures which reflect intervention effectiveness. Measuring ASP can be divided into four categories: antimicrobial consumption, process measures, outcome measures, and financial. This article reviews the strengths and weaknesses of the current measures.
AB - Overuse and misuse of antibiotics have contributed to the growing problem of antimicrobial resistance and serious side effects including Clostridium difficile infection. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates that more than 2 million people are infected by multidrug-resistant organisms every year. They propose that promoting antimicrobial stewardship programs (ASP) is an essential component to combat this growing threat. One of the major barriers in implementing effective ASP is the availability of reliable measures which reflect intervention effectiveness. Measuring ASP can be divided into four categories: antimicrobial consumption, process measures, outcome measures, and financial. This article reviews the strengths and weaknesses of the current measures.
KW - Antimicrobial resistance
KW - Antimicrobial stewardship
KW - Antimicrobial stewardship measures
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U2 - 10.1007/s11908-014-0433-x
DO - 10.1007/s11908-014-0433-x
M3 - Review article
AN - SCOPUS:84920280352
SN - 1523-3847
VL - 16
SP - 1
EP - 5
JO - Current Infectious Disease Reports
JF - Current Infectious Disease Reports
IS - 11
M1 - 433
ER -