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Nationwide implementation of antibiotic management teams in Belgian hospitals: a self-reporting survey

Author(s) -

Evelyne Van Gastel,

Michiel Costers,

Willy Peetermans,

Marc Struelens

Publication year - 2010

Publication title -

journal of antimicrobial chemotherapy

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.124

H-Index - 194

eISSN - 1460-2091

pISSN - 0305-7453

DOI - 10.1093/jac/dkp470

Subject(s) - antimicrobial stewardship , formulary , medicine , antibiotic resistance , descriptive statistics , antibiotics , family medicine , statistics , mathematics , microbiology and biotechnology , biology

Antibiotic management teams (AMTs) have been advocated to optimize the use of antimicrobials in hospitals. Since 2002, the Belgian Antibiotic Policy Coordination Committee (BAPCOC) has supported the development of AMTs in Belgian hospitals with policy guidance and federal funding for antibiotic managers. We performed a national, self-reporting survey to assess the level of AMT activities in 2007.

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