Antimicrobial stewardship: 4a-Antibiotic prescribing in accordance with current and peer reviewed clinical guidelines
Indicator Attributes
Identifying and definitional attributes | |
Metadata item type: | Indicator |
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Indicator type: | Indicator |
Short name: | Indicator 4a-Antibiotic prescribing in accordance with current and peer reviewed clinical guidelines |
METEOR identifier: | 612220 |
Registration status: | Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care, Retired 25/01/2022 Health, Standard 12/09/2016 |
Description: | Proportion of antibiotic prescriptions that are in accordance with current and peer reviewed clinical guidelines. |
Rationale: | The decision to prescribe an antibiotic should always be clinically justified and guided by the latest version of Therapeutic guidelines: antibiotic (Antibiotic Expert Group 2014) or locally-endorsed antibiotic prescribing guidelines. This ensures that the correct drug is prescribed, and the dose and duration of therapy are optimised (Duguid & Cruickshank 2011). |
Indicator set: | Clinical care standard indicators: antimicrobial stewardship Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care, Retired 25/01/2022 Health, Standard 12/09/2016 |
Outcome area: | Use of guidelines and clinical condition Health, Standard 12/09/2016 |