2003
DOI: 10.1086/375818
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A Hospitalwide Intervention Program to Optimize the Quality of Antibiotic Use: Impact on Prescribing Practice, Antibiotic Consumption, Cost Savings, and Bacterial Resistance

Abstract: Several findings from Argentina provide compelling evidence of the need for more rational use of antimicrobial agents. Thus, a multidisciplinary antimicrobial treatment committee for the development of a hospital-wide intervention program was formed to optimize the quality of antibiotic use in hospitals. Four successive steps were developed during 6-month periods: baseline data collection, introduction of a prescription form, education, and prescribing control. Sustained reduction of drug consumption was shown… Show more

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“…Antimicrobial stewardship is just such an intervention. Ensuring that hospitalized patients receive the right antimicrobial, at the right dose, at the right time, and for the right duration has been shown to reduce mortality, 1 reduce the risks of Clostridium difficileassociated diarrhea, 2 shorten length of stay, 3 reduce overall antimicrobial resistance within the facility, 4 and save money. 5 Yet despite these benefits, antimicrobial stewardship programs and interventions are far from the norm in US hospitals.…”
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“…Antimicrobial stewardship is just such an intervention. Ensuring that hospitalized patients receive the right antimicrobial, at the right dose, at the right time, and for the right duration has been shown to reduce mortality, 1 reduce the risks of Clostridium difficileassociated diarrhea, 2 shorten length of stay, 3 reduce overall antimicrobial resistance within the facility, 4 and save money. 5 Yet despite these benefits, antimicrobial stewardship programs and interventions are far from the norm in US hospitals.…”
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“…Este tipo de actuación es una de las razones de la existencia de las unidades de infectología en los hospitales generales (12)(13)(14)16,17). Nuestra intervención no se asoció a ningún dato que haga sospechar peor evolución de los pacientes, ya que ni la mortalidad ni la incidencia de de infecciones por bacterias resistentes durante el periodo de estudio aumentaron significativamente.…”
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“…A literatura internacional (Murray, 1990, Bantar, et al 2003Warm et al 2005;Ohl, Dodds, 2011;Curcio, 2011;Roses Periogo, 2011;Anvari et al 2014) é vasta de informações sobre a evolução da resistência antimicrobiana, todavia no Brasil os dados publicados sobre o assunto ainda são pontuais, subnotificados não permitindo um retrato da situação nacional. São escassos e frágeis os indicadores brasileiros sobre a ocorrência de cepas resistentes aos antimicrobianos.…”
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“…A capacidade de prevenir ou tratar infecções ajudou a reduzir a mortalidade, em outras palavras sua utilização modificou o curso natural das infecções, porém, seu emprego crescente e indiscriminado é o principal fator para o desenvolvimento de estirpes resistentes (MOREIRA, 2004). O uso adequado e inadequado, tanto profilático quanto empírico, doses subterapêuticas e duração prolongada, bem como a indicação para febre de origem obscura sem diagnóstico definido e infecções virais, são equívocos comuns que resultam em seleção bacteriana e aumento da resistência bacteriana (BANTAR, et al 2003;WARM et al 2005, ANDRADE et al, 2013.…”
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