Towards implementing an antibiotic stewardship programme (ASP) in Ecuador: evaluating antibiotic consumption and the impact of an ASP in a tertiary hospital according to World Health Organization (WHO) recommendations

Towards implementing an antibiotic stewardship programme (ASP) in Ecuador: evaluating antibiotic consumption and the impact of an ASP in a tertiary hospital according to World Health Organization (WHO) recommendations

ABSTRACT: Objectives: Ecuador is a lower-to-middle-income country not yet adherent to World Health Organization (WHO) antibiotic stewardship strategies, and data regarding basic metrics are still lacking. Methods: We conducted a retrospective study of an antibiotic stewardship programme (ASP) consi...

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Main Authors:	Hugo Fernando Romo-Castillo, PhD, MD, Antonio Pazin-Filho, PhD, MD, MBA
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Elsevier 2022-06-01
Series:	Journal of Global Antimicrobial Resistance
Subjects:	Inpatient utilisation ATC/DDD methodology Drug consumption Interrupted time series Lower-to-middle income countries Antibiotic stewardship
Online Access:	http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2213716521002514

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