The 2018 Aged Care National Antimicrobial Prescribing Survey: results show room for improvement.
aged
antibiotic prophylaxis
antibiotics
antimicrobial stewardship
homes for the aged
infection
Journal
Australian prescriber
ISSN: 0312-8008
Titre abrégé: Aust Prescr
Pays: Australia
ID NLM: 7804938
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
12 2019
12 2019
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Résumé
The annual Aged Care National Antimicrobial Prescribing Survey aims to identify local and national prescribing issues and guide antimicrobial stewardship goals
In the 2018 point prevalence survey, medication charts of over 20,000 residents were reviewed from 407 participating facilities across Australia
On the day of the survey, almost 10% of residents were prescribed an antimicrobial
Nearly two-thirds of recently prescribed antimicrobials were for residents who had no documented signs or symptoms of infection
Over a quarter of antimicrobials had been prescribed for longer than six months
Incomplete documentation was a prominent barrier to proper review of antimicrobial therapy, with the indication, review date or stop date not documented for many prescriptions
Recommendations include using appropriate microbiological testing to guide prescribing, following national antimicrobial prescribing guidelines, documenting the indication for the antimicrobial, and its start, stop and review dates, and monitoring and re-evaluating long-term antimicrobial use
Identifiants
pubmed: 31937990
doi: 10.18773/austprescr.2019.066
pii: austprescr-42-200
pmc: PMC6954873
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Types de publication
Journal Article
Review
Langues
eng
Pagination
200-203Informations de copyright
(c) NPS MedicineWise 2019.
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