Use of guidelines and clinical condition

Identifying and definitional attributes
Metadata item type:	Outcome Area
METEOR identifier:	624351
Registration status:	Health, Standard 12/09/2016
Description:	When a patient is prescribed antibiotics, whether empirical or directed, this is done in accordance with the current version of the Therapeutic guidelines: antibiotic (Antibiotic Expert Group 2014) (or local peer reviewed antibiotic formulary that aligns with the current Therapeutic guidelines: antibiotic). This is also guided by the patient’s clinical condition and/or the results of microbiology testing.

Relational attributes
Indicator sets linked to this outcome area:	Clinical care standard indicators: antimicrobial stewardship Health, Standard 12/09/2016 Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care, Retired 25/01/2022
Indicators linked to this outcome area:	Antimicrobial stewardship: 4a-Antibiotic prescribing in accordance with current and peer reviewed clinical guidelines Health, Standard 12/09/2016 Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care, Retired 25/01/2022 Antimicrobial stewardship: 4b-Antibiotic-allergy mismatch in prescribing Health, Standard 12/09/2016 Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care, Retired 25/01/2022
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. Antibiotic Expert Group 2014. Therapeutic guidelines: antibiotic. Version 15. Melbourne: Therapeutic Guidelines Limited.