Courtney Ierano

Ophthalmic Antimicrobial Prescribing in Australian Healthcare Facilities

Xin Fang, Noleen Bennett, Courtney Ierano, Rodney James, Karin Thursky

Journal article  |  2022  |  ANTIBIOTICS-BASEL

The National Antimicrobial Prescribing Survey (NAPS) is a web-based, standardized tool, widely adopted in Australian healthcare fa..

Opportunities for nurse involvement in surgical antimicrobial stewardship strategies: A qualitative study

Courtney Ierano, Arjun Rajkhowa, Fiona Gotterson, Caroline Marshall, Trisha Peel, Darshini Ayton, Karin Thursky

Journal article  |  2022  |  INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF NURSING STUDIES

BACKGROUND: Multi-disciplinary antimicrobial stewardship teams are a common strategy employed to optimise antimicrobial prescribin..

Antimicrobial stewardship in Australia: the role of qualitative research in programme development

Karin A Thursky, Laura Y Hardefeldt, Arjun Rajkhowa, Courtney Ierano, Jaclyn Bishop, Lesley Hawes, Ruby Biezen, Sajal K Saha, Leslie Dowson, Kirsten E Bailey, Ri Scarborough, Stephen B Little, Fiona Gotterson, Brian Hur, Anna Khanina, Karen Urbancic, Helen K Crabb, Suzanna Richards, Anna Sri, Rodney James, et al.

Journal article  |  2021  |  JAC-ANTIMICROBIAL RESISTANCE

Antimicrobial stewardship (AMS) in Australia is supported by a number of factors, including enabling national policies, sectoral c..

The need for a national framework to optimise surgical antimicrobial use in Australia

Courtney Ierano, Karin Thursky

Conference Proceedings  |  2021  |  Infection, Disease & Health

Identifying targets for improvement using a nationally standardized survey: Surgical antimicrobial prophylaxis in orthopedic surgery

Courtney E Ierano, Karin Thursky, Caroline Marshall, Sonia Koning, Rodney James, Sandra Johnson, Nabeel Imam, Leon J Worth, Trisha Peel

Journal article  |  2020  |  INFECTION CONTROL AND HOSPITAL EPIDEMIOLOGY

BACKGROUND: Surgical antimicrobial prophylaxis (SAP) is commonly administered in orthopedic procedures. Research regarding SAP app..

Antibiotic prescribing in surgery: A clinically and socially complex problem in Australia

Courtney Ierano, Arjun Rajkhowa, Trisha Peel, Caroline Marshall, Darshini Ayton, Karin Thursky

Journal article  |  2020  |  INFECTION DISEASE & HEALTH

Surgical prophylaxis is a common indication for antimicrobial use in Australian hospitals with demonstrated poor rates of appropri..

Appropriateness of Orthopedic Surgical Antimicrobial Prophylaxis Prescribing in Australia: Meaningful Metrics for Surgeons

Courtney Ierano, Karin Thursky, Rodney James

Conference Proceedings  |  2020  |  INFECTION CONTROL AND HOSPITAL EPIDEMIOLOGY

Background: Orthopedic procedures are performed at high volumes in Australia. Thus, they are a commonly audited procedure group..

From Little Things Big Things Grow: The Development of an Auditing Program to Assess the Quality of Antimicrobial Prescribing

Rodney James, Robyn Ingram, Caroline Chen, Kirsty Buising, Karin Thursky, Courtney Ierano

Conference Proceedings  |  2020  |  INFECTION CONTROL AND HOSPITAL EPIDEMIOLOGY

Background: An important aspect of antimicrobial stewardship is the qualitative assessment of antimicrobial prescribing. Owing to ..

Factors associated with antimicrobial choice for surgical prophylaxis in Australia

Courtney Ierano, Karin Thursky, Trisha Peel, Sonia Koning, Rod James, Sandra Johnson, Lisa Hall, Leon J Worth, Caroline Marshall

Journal article  |  2020  |  JAC-ANTIMICROBIAL RESISTANCE

BACKGROUND: Cefazolin is the most commonly recommended antimicrobial for surgical antimicrobial prophylaxis (SAP). However, the Au..

Evaluating the implementability of Antibiotic Surgical Prophylaxis guidelines

Courtney Ierano, Darshini Ayton, Trisha Peel, Caroline Marshall, Karin Thursky

Journal article  |  2020  |  INFECTION DISEASE & HEALTH

BACKGROUND: Current Australian data highlight guideline noncompliant prescribing of antimicrobials for surgical prophylaxis. The s..