Journal article
Quality of inpatient antimicrobial use in hematology and oncology patients
AP Douglas, L Hall, RS James, LJ Worth, MA Slavin, KA Thursky
Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology | CAMBRIDGE UNIV PRESS | Published : 2021
Abstract
Objectives: To compare antimicrobial prescribing practices in Australian hematology and oncology patients to noncancer acute inpatients and to identify targets for stewardship interventions. Design: Retrospective comparative analysis of a national prospectively collected database. Methods: Using data from the 2014-2018 annual Australian point-prevalence surveys of antimicrobial prescribing in hospitalized patients (ie, Hospital National Antimicrobial Prescribing Survey called Hospital NAPS), the most frequently used antimicrobials, their appropriateness, and guideline concordance were compared among hematology/bone marrow transplant (hemBMT), oncology, and noncancer inpatients in the setting..
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Funding Acknowledgements
A. P. Douglas received doctoral funding from the University of Melbourne. Since 2013, the Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Heath Care have supported the NAPS program for the AURA Surveillance System. No direct funding was provided for the preparation or revision of this manuscript.