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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Van Parys, Jacob, PharmD
• Stevens, Michael P., MD, MPH
• Moczygemba, Leticia R., PharmD, PhD
• Pakyz, Amy L., PharmD, MS, PhD

Titel

Antimicrobial Stewardship Program Members’ Perspectives on Program Goals and National Metrics

Ist Teil von

• Clinical therapeutics, 2016-08, Vol.38 (8), p.1914-1919

Ort / Verlag

United States: Elsevier Inc

Erscheinungsjahr

2016

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Quelle

MEDLINE

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• Abstract Purpose This study compares antimicrobial stewardship program (ASP)–stated goals and outcomes collected as well as opinions regarding national metric establishment. Methods Twenty-one ASP members underwent telephone interviews answering open-ended questions about ASP goals, outcomes collected, and opinions about national metrics. Content analysis was used to code responses into predefined ASP-metric categories. Findings The most common ASP goal was antimicrobial appropriateness (76%), outcomes tracked were use and microbial outcomes (both 71%), and desired national metric was use (67%). Implications Stated-goals, outcomes tracked, and opinions regarding national metric establishment did not fully align. With ASP-related regulations looming, it is important that alignment is increased.