From intermittent antibiotic point prevalence surveys to quality improvement: experience in Scottish hospitals

William Malcolm; Dilip  Nathwani; Peter  Davey; Tracey  Cromwell; Andrea  Patton; Shona Cairns; Marion Bennie; Jacqui Reilly

doi:10.1186/2047-2994-2-3

From intermittent antibiotic point prevalence surveys to quality improvement: experience in Scottish hospitals

William Malcolm, Dilip Nathwani, Peter Davey, Tracey Cromwell, Andrea Patton, Shona Cairns, Marion Bennie, Jacqui Reilly

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Abstract

In 2008, the Scottish Antimicrobial Prescribing Group (SAPG) was established to coordinate a national antimicrobial stewardship programme. In 2009 SAPG led participation in a European point prevalence survey (PPS) of hospital antibiotic use. We describe how SAPG used this baseline PPS as the foundation for implementation of measures for improvement in antibiotic prescribing.

Original language	English
Journal	Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control
Volume	2
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1186/2047-2994-2-3
Publication status	Published - Jan 2013

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Scottish hospitals
infection control
antibiotics

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Malcolm, W., Nathwani, D., Davey, P., Cromwell, T., Patton, A., Cairns, S., Bennie, M., & Reilly, J. (2013). From intermittent antibiotic point prevalence surveys to quality improvement: experience in Scottish hospitals. Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control, 2(3). https://doi.org/10.1186/2047-2994-2-3

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