Use of broad-spectrum antibiotics
Outcome Area Attributes
Identifying and definitional attributes | |
Metadata item type: | Outcome Area |
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METEOR identifier: | 624357 |
Registration status: | Health, Standard 12/09/2016 |
Description: | A patient who is treated with broad-spectrum antibiotics has the treatment reviewed and, if indicated, switched to treatment with a narrow-spectrum antibiotic. This is guided by the patient’s clinical condition and the results of microbiology tests. |
Relational attributes | |
Indicator sets linked to this outcome area: | Clinical care standard indicators: antimicrobial stewardship Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care, Retired 25/01/2022 Health, Standard 12/09/2016 |
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Indicators linked to this outcome area: | Antimicrobial stewardship: 7a-Review of patients prescribed broad-spectrum antibiotics Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care, Retired 25/01/2022 Health, Standard 12/09/2016 |
Source and reference attributes | |
Submitting organisation: | Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care |
Reference documents: | ACSQHC (Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care) 2014. Antimicrobial stewardship clinical care standard. Sydney: ACSQHC. |