One-day point prevalence as a method for estimating antibiotic use in nursing homes

Grant R Barney; Christina B Felsen; Ghinwa K Dumyati

doi:10.1017/ice.2018.309

One-day point prevalence as a method for estimating antibiotic use in nursing homes

Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2019 Feb;40(2):221-223. doi: 10.1017/ice.2018.309. Epub 2018 Dec 5.

Authors

Grant R Barney¹, Christina B Felsen², Ghinwa K Dumyati²

Affiliations

¹ 1University at Albany,School of Public Health,Albany,New York.
² 2Center for Community Health and Prevention,University of Rochester Medical Center,Rochester,New York.

PMID: 30516118
DOI: 10.1017/ice.2018.309

Abstract

Antibiotic use tracking in nursing homes is necessary for stewardship and regulatory requirements but may be burdensome. We used pharmacy data to evaluate whether once-weekly sampling of antibiotic use can estimate total use; we found no significant differences in estimated and measured antibiotic use.

Publication types

Multicenter Study
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Aged
Anti-Bacterial Agents / therapeutic use*
Health Care Surveys
Homes for the Aged / statistics & numerical data*
Humans
New York
Nursing Homes / statistics & numerical data*
Practice Patterns, Physicians'*
Prevalence

Substances

Anti-Bacterial Agents