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High versus low intensity: What is the optimal approach to prospective audit and feedback in an antimicrobial stewardship program?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 October 2019

Bradley J. Langford Open the ORCID record for Bradley J. Langford [Opens in a new window] ,
Kevin A. Brown ,
April J. Chan  and
Mark Downing
Bradley J. Langford*
Affiliation:
St Joseph’s Health Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada Public Health Ontario, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Kevin A. Brown
Affiliation:
Public Health Ontario, Toronto, Ontario, Canada University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
April J. Chan
Affiliation:
St Joseph’s Health Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Mark Downing
Affiliation:
St Joseph’s Health Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
*
Author for correspondence: Bradley Langford, 30 The Queensway, Toronto, ON, M6R 1B5. Email: brad.langford@gmail.com
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Abstract

Background:

Antimicrobial stewardship program (ASP) interventions, such as prospective audit and feedback (PAF), have been shown to reduce antimicrobial use and improve patient outcomes. However, the optimal approach to PAF is unknown.

Objective:

We examined the impact of a high–intensity interdisciplinary rounds–based PAF compared to low–intensity PAF on antimicrobial use on internal medicine wards in a 400–bed community hospital.

Methods:

Prior to the intervention, ASP pharmacists performed low–intensity PAF with a focus on targeted antibiotics. Recommendations were made directly to the internist for each patient. High–intensity, rounds–based PAF was then introduced sequentially to 5 internal medicine wards. This PAF format included twice–weekly interdisciplinary rounds, with a review of all internal medicine patients receiving any antimicrobial agent. Antibiotic use and clinical outcomes were measured before and after the transition to high–intensity PAF. An interrupted time–series analysis was performed adjusting for seasonal and secular trends.

Results:

With the transition from low–intensity to high–intensity PAF, a reduction in overall usage was seen from 483 defined daily doses (DDD)/1,000 patient days (PD) during the low–intensity phase to 442 DDD/1,000 PD in the high–intensity phase (difference, −42; 95% confidence interval [CI], −74 to −9). The reduction in usage was more pronounced in the adjusted analysis, in the latter half of the high intensity period, and for targeted agents. There were no differences seen in clinical outcomes in the adjusted analysis.

Conclusions:

High–intensity PAF was associated with a reduction in antibiotic use compared to a low–intensity approach without any adverse impact on patient outcomes. A decision to implement high–intensity PAF approach should be weighed against the increased workload required.

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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 40 , Issue 12 , December 2019 , pp. 1344 - 1347
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© 2019 by The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America. All rights reserved. 

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Footnotes

PREVIOUS PRESENTATION. Part of this study was presented in abstract form at IDWeek 2017, on October 6, 2017, in San Diego, California and at the Health Quality Transformation 2017 conference on October 24, 2017, in Toronto, Ontario.

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