Antimicrobial stewardship: 7a-Review of patients prescribed broad-spectrum antibiotics
Indicator Attributes
Identifying and definitional attributes | |
Metadata item type: | Indicator |
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Indicator type: | Indicator |
Short name: | Indicator 7a-Review of patients prescribed broad-spectrum antibiotics |
METEOR identifier: | 612226 |
Registration status: | Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care, Retired 25/01/2022 Health, Standard 12/09/2016 |
Description: | Proportion of admitted patients who were prescribed a broad-spectrum antibiotic and for whom a medical review is documented within 48 hours from the first prescription. |
Rationale: | Unnecessary continuation of broad-spectrum antibiotics is associated with antimicrobial resistance. Culture results, including identification and antibiotic susceptibility test results, are usually available 24–48 hours after specimen collection. The results of these tests should be used to reassess the appropriateness of the initial therapy prescribed, along with the patient’s clinical progress and other investigation results (ACSQHC 2014a). |
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 broad-spectrum antibiotics Health, Standard 12/09/2016 |