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

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 December 2018

Grant R. Barney ,
Christina B. Felsen  and
Ghinwa K. Dumyati Open the ORCID record for Ghinwa K. Dumyati [Opens in a new window]
Grant R. Barney
Affiliation:
University at Albany, School of Public Health, Albany, New York
Christina B. Felsen
Affiliation:
Center for Community Health and Prevention, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, New York
Ghinwa K. Dumyati*
Affiliation:
Center for Community Health and Prevention, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, New York Infectious Diseases Division, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, New York
*
Author for correspondence: Ghinwa Dumyati, Center for Community Health, 46 Prince Street, Rochester, NY 14607. E-mail: Ghinwa_dumyati@urmc.rochester.edu
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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.

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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 40 , Issue 2 , February 2019 , pp. 221 - 223
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© 2018 by The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America. All rights reserved. 

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Footnotes

PREVIOUS PRESENTATION: The findings of this short communication were presented at the SHEA Spring 2019 conference on April 19, 2019, in Boston, Massachusetts.

Cite this article: Grant R. Barney et al. (2019). One-day point prevalence as a method for estimating antibiotic use in nursing homes. Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology 2019, 40, 221–223. doi: 10.1017/ice.2018.309

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