Appropriateness of antimicrobial prescribing in a Swiss tertiary care hospital: a repeated point prevalence survey | Zendy

Nicolas Grtler | Zendy; Andrea Erba | Zendy; Cline Giehl | Zendy; Sarah TschudinSutter | Zendy; Stefano Bassetti | Zendy; Michael Osthoff | Zendy

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Appropriateness of antimicrobial prescribing in a Swiss tertiary care hospital: a repeated point prevalence survey

Author(s) -

Nicolas Grtler,

Andrea Erba,

Cline Giehl,

Sarah TschudinSutter,

Stefano Bassetti,

Michael Osthoff

Publication year - 2019

Publication title -

schweizerische medizinische wochenschrift

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

ISSN - 0036-7672

DOI - 10.4414/smw.2019.20135

Subject(s) - medicine , antimicrobial , antimicrobial stewardship , medical prescription , ceftriaxone , cephalosporin , antibiotic resistance , dosing , adverse effect , intensive care medicine , emergency medicine , antibiotics , pharmacology , chemistry , organic chemistry , microbiology and biotechnology , biology

Almost one third of prescriptions were inappropriate in our tertiary care centre despite local guidelines and an on-demand infectious diseases consultation service. Our results underscore the need for expanding current antimicrobial stewardship efforts, including national initiatives such as stewardship and prescribing guidelines, repeated surveys and identification of areas for improvement including timely intravenous to oral switches in order to reduce the consequences of inappropriate prescribing and of multidrug resistant organisms.

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