Journal article
Antimicrobial stewardship in companion animal practice: An implementation trial in 135 general practice veterinary clinics
LY Hardefeldt, B Hur, S Richards, R Scarborough, GF Browning, H Billman-Jacobe, JR Gilkerson, J Ierardo, M Awad, R Chay, KE Bailey
Jac Antimicrobial Resistance | Published : 2022
Abstract
Background: Antimicrobial stewardship programmes (ASPs) have been widely implemented in medical practice to improve antimicrobial prescribing and reduce selection for multidrug-resistant pathogens. Objectives: To implement different antimicrobial stewardship intervention packages in 135 veterinary practices and assess their impact on antimicrobial prescribing. Methods: In October 2018, general veterinary clinics were assigned to one of three levels of ASP, education only (CON), intermediate (AMS1) or intensive (AMS2). De-identified prescribing data (1 October 2016 to 31 October 2020), sourced from VetCompass Australia, were analysed and a Poisson regression model fitted to identify the effec..
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Funding Acknowledgements
This research was undertaken with the assistance of information and other resources from the VetCompass Australia consortium under the project `VetCompass Australia: Big Data and Real-time Surveillance for Veterinary Science', which was supported by the Australian Government through the Australian Research Council through the Linkage Infrastructure, Equipment and Facilities scheme (LE160100026). This work was supported by the National Health and Medical Research Council through the Centres of Research Excellence programme (grant no. 1079625). B.H., S.R. and R.S. are recipients of Australian Postgraduate Award scholarships. L.Y.H. is funded by the Australian Research Council through the Discovery Early Career Research Fellowship program (grant no. DE200100030).