Agreement between units of measure for paediatric antibiotic utilisation surveillance using hospital pharmacy supply data | Zendy

Mona Mostaghim | Zendy; Tom Snelling | Zendy; Beata Bajorek | Zendy

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Agreement between units of measure for paediatric antibiotic utilisation surveillance using hospital pharmacy supply data

Author(s) -

Mona Mostaghim,

Tom Snelling,

Beata Bajorek

Publication year - 2019

Publication title -

pharmacy practice

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.608

H-Index - 24

eISSN - 1886-3655

pISSN - 1885-642X

DOI - 10.18549/pharmpract.2019.3.1482

Subject(s) - medicine , vial , pharmacy , defined daily dose , dose , antibiotics , pediatrics , economic shortage , emergency medicine , medical prescription , family medicine , nursing , linguistics , chemistry , philosophy , government (linguistics) , microbiology and biotechnology , biology

Agreement between the DDD and vial-based measures of use supports the use of DDD for select antibiotics that may be targeted by antimicrobial stewardship programs. Vial based measures should be further explored in hospitals with single vial policies; detailed understanding of hospital practice is needed before inter-hospital comparisons are made.

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