Days of Therapy and Antimicrobial Days: Similarities and Differences Between Consumption Metrics. (13th May 2016)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Rhodes, Nathaniel J.; Wagner, Jamie L.; Gilbert, Elise M.; Crew, Page E.; Davis, Susan L.; Scheetz, Marc H.
• Is Part Of: Infection control and hospital epidemiology. Volume 37:Number 8(2016)
• Page Start: 971
• Page End: 973
• Publication Date: 2016-05-13
• Subjects: Nosocomial infections -- Epidemiology -- Periodicals; Health facilities -- Sanitation -- Periodicals; Hospital buildings -- Sanitation -- Periodicals; Cross Infection -- Periodicals; Epidemiology -- Periodicals; Hospitals -- Periodicals; Infection Control -- Periodicals; 614.44
• DOI: 10.1017/ice.2016.109
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0899-823X

Abstract

Abstract : Benchmarks for antimicrobial consumption measured in antimicrobial days are beginning to emerge. The relationship between the traditional measure of days of therapy and antimicrobial days is unclear. We observed a high intermethod correlation (R 2 =0.99): antimicrobial days were 1.9-fold lower than days of therapy across agents. Individual institutions should correlate these measures. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 2016;37:971–973