Benchmarking antimicrobial use to antimicrobial resistance: a comparative study of two hospitals using current National Healthcare Safety Network (NHSN) metrics
Select AU/AR ratios provided informative metrics to antimicrobial stewardship personnel, which can be used to motivate audits of antimicrobial administration to determine appropriateness.
Authors
- Ryan Dwyer
- William E. Trick (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3243-5098)
- Carlos A.Q. Santos (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6224-0371)
- Sarah Won (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0277-2632)
- C Cárdaba Pérez
Institutions
- Rush University Medical Center (US)
- Oaks Hospital (GB)
- Cook County Health and Hospitals System (US)
- Rush University (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology
- Published
- 2025-01-27
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1017/ice.2024.210
- Primary Topic
- Antibiotic Use and Resistance
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00