ArticleAntibiotics (Basel, Switzerland)2021
Impact and Sustainability of Antibiotic Stewardship on Antibiotic Prescribing in Visceral Surgery.
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- The whole is greater than the sum of its parts: effect of implementing an ABS consultation service in the ABS program on antibiotic consumption at a tertiary military hospital.GMS hygiene and infection control · 2025Article
- Time is running out. No excuses to delay implementation of antimicrobial stewardship programmes: impact, sustainability, resilience and efficiency through an interrupted time series analysis (2017-2022).JAC-antimicrobial resistance · 2024Article
- The impact of antibiotic stewardship interventions and patient related factors on antibiotic prescribing in a vascular surgical department.Infection · 2024Article
- Effect and sustainability of a stepwise implemented multidisciplinary antimicrobial stewardship programme in a university hospital emergency department.JAC-antimicrobial resistance · 2024Article
- Sepsis Team Organizational Model to Decrease Mortality for Intra-Abdominal Infections: Is Antibiotic Stewardship Enough?Antibiotics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Review
- The Need of Antimicrobial Stewardship in Post-Operative Infectious Complications of Abdominal Surgery.Visceral medicine · 2022Review
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Abstract
backgroundAntibiotic stewardship (AS) ward rounds are a core element in clinical care for surgical patients. Therefore, we aimed to analyze the impact of surgical AS ward rounds on antibiotic prescribing, and the sustainability of the effect after the AS interventions are no longer provided.
methodsOn four wards of the department of visceral surgery, we conducted two independent retrospective prescribing analyses (P1, P2) over three months each. During the study periods, the level of AS intervention differed for two of the four wards (ward rounds/no ward rounds).
resultsAS ward rounds were associated with a decrease in overall antibiotic consumption (91.1 days of therapy (DOT)/100 patient days (PD) (P1), 70.4 DOT/100PD (P2)), and improved de-escalation rates of antibiotic therapy (W1/2: 25.7% (P1), 40.0% (P2),
conclusionsAntibiotic consumption can be reduced without negatively affecting patient outcomes. However, achieving lasting positive changes in antibiotic prescribing habits remains a challenge.
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