Antifungal stewardship in Australian hospitals: defining the scope and future targets

KF Urbancic; DCM Kong; PDR Johnson; MK Yong; MA Slavin; K Thursky

Journal article

Antifungal stewardship in Australian hospitals: defining the scope and future targets

KF Urbancic, DCM Kong, PDR Johnson, MK Yong, MA Slavin, K Thursky

Internal Medicine Journal | WILEY | Published : 2025

DOI: 10.1111/imj.16571

Abstract

Background: Antimicrobial stewardship (AMS) guidelines now recommend antifungal stewardship (AFS) interventions to improve the management of invasive fungal diseases (IFDs). AFS programmes have not been reported in Australia. Aims: To determine the monitoring of antifungal use, AFS strategies and targets, and barriers to AFS implementation in Australian hospitals. Methods: An electronic quantitative cross-sectional survey was developed and distributed to public and private hospitals in Australia in February 2018. Descriptive statistics were used to summarise the findings. Results: Eighty-three Australian hospitals completed the survey with an overall response rate of 58% (83/143). Most hospi..

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Paul Johnson Author

Monica Slavin Author

Kas Thursky Author

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Funding Acknowledgements

Preliminary data were presented at the European Congress of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, Amsterdam, the Netherlands, 2019, as a poster abstract (P2108). We thank Ms. Sonia Koning, Ms. Kelly Cairns, Ms. Catherine George, Ms. Julie Metcalfe and Dr. Andrew Mahony for reviewing the pilot survey questions and providing valuable feedback. We also wish to acknowledge all respondents for the time they took to contribute data to this survey.