Antimicrobial stewardship: 4b-Antibiotic-allergy mismatch in prescribing
Indicator Attributes
Identifying and definitional attributes | |
Metadata item type: | Indicator |
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Indicator type: | Indicator |
Short name: | Indicator 4b-Antibiotic-allergy mismatch in prescribing |
METEOR identifier: | 612222 |
Registration status: | Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care, Retired 25/01/2022 Health, Standard 12/09/2016 |
Description: | The proportion of antibiotic prescriptions that have been classified as causing hypersensitivity for patients. |
Rationale: | Preventing adverse outcomes from known allergies and adverse drug reactions to antibiotics can avoid significant harm to patients and reduce potentially avoidable hospitalisation (Antibiotic Expert Group 2014). |
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 |
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