Volume : VII, Issue : XI, November - 2017

Impact of Antimicrobial stewardship strategies in a tertiary care hospital

Dr Rahul S Kamble, Shweta Sawant

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 Aim: To study the impact of Antimicrobial stewardship (AMS) strategies in the form of Reserved antimicrobial indent form and Surgical prophylaxis form in a tertiary care hospital. Methodology: Antibiotic utilization was calculated in terms of defined daily dose per 100 bed days for each month for six consecutive months. Higher level Antibiotics were categorised as Reserved antibiotics and approvals through indent forms were made mandatory prior to prescription of those antibiotics. Results: Antibiotic indent forms like Reserved antimicrobial indent forms and Surgical prophylaxis forms prior to prescription with justifications significantly improved the sensitivity pattern of Bacterial isolates in the post intervention period. The utilization of reserved antibiotics significantly reduced after the AMS interventions. Conclusion: The Reserved antibiotic indent forms can be effectively used as AMS tool to combat the growing problem of antimicrobial resistance.

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Article: Download PDF   DOI : 10.36106/ijar  

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Dr Rahul S Kamble, Shweta Sawant, Impact of Antimicrobial stewardship strategies in a tertiary care hospital, INDIAN JOURNAL OF APPLIED RESEARCH : Volume-7 | Issue-11 | November-2017

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