The Standardized Antimicrobial Administration Ratio: A New Metric for Measuring and Comparing Antibiotic Use | Zendy

Katharina L. van Santen | Zendy; Jonathan R. Edwards | Zendy; Amy K. Webb | Zendy; Lori A. Pollack | Zendy; Erin O’Leary | Zendy; Melinda M. Neuhauser | Zendy; Arjun Srinivasan | Zendy; Daniel A. Pollock | Zendy

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The Standardized Antimicrobial Administration Ratio: A New Metric for Measuring and Comparing Antibiotic Use

Author(s) -

Katharina L. van Santen,

Jonathan R. Edwards,

Amy K. Webb,

Lori A. Pollack,

Erin O’Leary,

Melinda M. Neuhauser,

Arjun Srinivasan,

Daniel A. Pollock

Publication year - 2018

Publication title -

clinical infectious diseases

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 3.44

H-Index - 336

eISSN - 1537-6591

pISSN - 1058-4838

DOI - 10.1093/cid/ciy075

Subject(s) - medicine , antimicrobial stewardship , antimicrobial , emergency medicine , metric (unit) , intensive care medicine , acute care , antibiotics , health care , antibiotic resistance , microbiology and biotechnology , operations management , economics , biology , economic growth

To provide a standardized, risk-adjusted method for summarizing antibiotic use (AU), enable hospitals to track their AU over time and compare their AU data to national benchmarks, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention developed the Standardized Antimicrobial Administration Ratio (SAAR).

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