Favorable Impact of a Multidisciplinary Antibiotic Management Program Conducted During 7 Years

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology - Tập 24 Số 9 - Trang 699-706 - 2003
Philip Carling1, Teresa T. Fung, Ann Killion, Norma Terrin, Michael Barza
1Infectious Diseases Section, Carney Hospital, 2100 Dorchester Avenue, Boston, MA 02124, USA.

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AbstractObjective:To evaluate the impact of an interventional multidisciplinary antibiotic management program on expenditures for antibiotics and on the incidence of nosocomial infections caused by Clostridium difficile and antibiotic-resistant pathogens during 7 years.Design:Prospective study with comparison with preintervention trends.Setting:University-affiliated teaching hospital.Patients:All adult inpatients.Intervention:A multidisciplinary antibiotic management program to minimize the inappropriate use of third-generation cephalosporins was implemented in 1991. Its impact was evaluated prospectively. The incidence of nosocomial C. difficile and resistant Enterobacteriaceae infections as well as the rate of vancomycin-resistant enterococci (VRE) and methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) were compared with those of National Nosocomial Infections Surveillance System hospitals of similar size.Results:Following implementation of the program, there was a 22% decrease in the use of parenteral broad-spectrum antibiotics (P < .0001) despite a 15% increase in acuity of patient care during the following 7 years. Concomitantly, there was a significant (P= .002) decrease in nosocomial infections caused by C. difficile and a significant (P = .02) decrease in nosocomial infections caused by resistant Enterobacteriaceae. The program also appeared to have a favorable impact on VRE rates without a sustained impact on MRSA rates.Conclusion:These results suggest that an ongoing multidisciplinary antibiotic management program may have a sustained beneficial impact on both expenditures for antibiotics and the incidence of nosocomial infection by C. difficile and resistant bacterial pathogens.

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Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Tập 24 Số 9

699-706

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