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Antimicrobial utilization data: Does point prevalence data correlate with defined daily doses?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 June 2019

Stephen B. Lee Open the ORCID record for Stephen B. Lee [Opens in a new window] ,
Daniel J.G. Thirion ,
Neal Irfan ,
Melani Sung ,
Annie Brooks ,
Fatimah Al-Mutawa ,
Charles Frenette  and
Dominik Mertz Open the ORCID record for Dominik Mertz [Opens in a new window]
Stephen B. Lee
Affiliation:
McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
Daniel J.G. Thirion
Affiliation:
Université de Montréal, Montréal, Quebec, Canada McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Neal Irfan
Affiliation:
Hamilton Health Sciences, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
Melani Sung
Affiliation:
McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada Hamilton Health Sciences, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
Annie Brooks
Affiliation:
McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada Hamilton Health Sciences, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
Fatimah Al-Mutawa
Affiliation:
McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
Charles Frenette
Affiliation:
McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Dominik Mertz*
Affiliation:
McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada Hamilton Health Sciences, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
*
Author for correspondence: Dominik Mertz, Email: mertzd@mcmaster.ca
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Abstract

We correlated antibiotic consumption measured by point prevalence survey with defined daily doses (DDD) across multiple hospitals. Point prevalence survey had a higher correlation (1) with monthly DDDs than annual DDDs, (2) in nonsurgical versus surgical wards, and (3) on high- versus low-utilization wards. Findings may be hospital specific due to hospital differences.

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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 40 , Issue 8 , August 2019 , pp. 920 - 921
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© 2019 by The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America. All rights reserved. 

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