Use of broad-spectrum antibiotics

Identifying and definitional attributes
Metadata item type:	Outcome Area
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 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: 7a-Review of patients prescribed broad-spectrum antibiotics 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.