Educational intervention program to optimize the use of antibiotics: impact on prescribing habits, consumption of antimicrobial agents and cost savings
Antimicrobials are among the most frequently used drugs worldwide, especially in developing countries, where there are limited data on the use of these therapeutic agents. The Pharmacy Service and the Hospital Infection Control Commission (HICC) of a medium complexity university hospital, concerned...
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| description | Antimicrobials are among the most frequently used drugs worldwide, especially in developing countries, where there are limited data on the use of these therapeutic agents. The Pharmacy Service and the Hospital Infection Control Commission (HICC) of a medium complexity university hospital, concerned about the rational use of broad-spectrum antimicrobials, have devised a sequential intervention program to improve the use of the antibiotics ceftazidime, ciprofl oxacin, imipenem and vancomycin in Intensive Care Units (ICUs). The program was developed in three successive steps lasting six months each: baseline data collection (November 2001 to April 2002), initial intervention period (May 2002 to October 2002), educational intervention program (November 2002 to April 2003). All the ICU antimicrobial prescriptions were reviewed and consumption was converted into Defi ned Daily Doses per 100 patient-days and tabulated to compare different periods and the respective costs. A total of 459 ICU patients were followed through. A change in the profi le of antimicrobial prescriptions was observed: a reduction in the use of broad spectrum antimicrobials, reduced number of antimicrobials per patient and improvement in etiological investigation of infection. Signifi cant reductions of ciprofl oxacin (69.2%), imipenem (56.3%) and vancomycin (39.0%) consumption were observed. Total cost savings, based on the data for the four drugs, was US$31,523.58 (58.6%). The multidisciplinary educational intervention program was thus responsible for both an improvement in the use of broad-spectrum antimicrobials in the ICU and cost savings. Keywords: antimicrobial utilization; costs; Defi ned Daily Dose; critical care. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-eedfa45cefd34e7ead2907d94a980fe32022-12-21T19:39:54ZengSão Paulo State University (UNESP)Revista de Ciências Farmacêuticas Básica e Aplicada1808-45322179-443X2009-05-01293251256Educational intervention program to optimize the use of antibiotics: impact on prescribing habits, consumption of antimicrobial agents and cost savingsE. RIBEIROV. C. CASSETTARID. O. MELOAntimicrobials are among the most frequently used drugs worldwide, especially in developing countries, where there are limited data on the use of these therapeutic agents. The Pharmacy Service and the Hospital Infection Control Commission (HICC) of a medium complexity university hospital, concerned about the rational use of broad-spectrum antimicrobials, have devised a sequential intervention program to improve the use of the antibiotics ceftazidime, ciprofl oxacin, imipenem and vancomycin in Intensive Care Units (ICUs). The program was developed in three successive steps lasting six months each: baseline data collection (November 2001 to April 2002), initial intervention period (May 2002 to October 2002), educational intervention program (November 2002 to April 2003). All the ICU antimicrobial prescriptions were reviewed and consumption was converted into Defi ned Daily Doses per 100 patient-days and tabulated to compare different periods and the respective costs. A total of 459 ICU patients were followed through. A change in the profi le of antimicrobial prescriptions was observed: a reduction in the use of broad spectrum antimicrobials, reduced number of antimicrobials per patient and improvement in etiological investigation of infection. Signifi cant reductions of ciprofl oxacin (69.2%), imipenem (56.3%) and vancomycin (39.0%) consumption were observed. Total cost savings, based on the data for the four drugs, was US$31,523.58 (58.6%). The multidisciplinary educational intervention program was thus responsible for both an improvement in the use of broad-spectrum antimicrobials in the ICU and cost savings. Keywords: antimicrobial utilization; costs; Defi ned Daily Dose; critical care.http://serv-bib.fcfar.unesp.br/seer/index.php/Cien_Farm/article/view/591antimicrobial utilizationcostsDefi ned Daily Dosecritical care. |
| spellingShingle | E. RIBEIRO V. C. CASSETTARI D. O. MELO Educational intervention program to optimize the use of antibiotics: impact on prescribing habits, consumption of antimicrobial agents and cost savings Revista de Ciências Farmacêuticas Básica e Aplicada antimicrobial utilization costs Defi ned Daily Dose critical care. |
| title | Educational intervention program to optimize the use of antibiotics: impact on prescribing habits, consumption of antimicrobial agents and cost savings |
| title_full | Educational intervention program to optimize the use of antibiotics: impact on prescribing habits, consumption of antimicrobial agents and cost savings |
| title_fullStr | Educational intervention program to optimize the use of antibiotics: impact on prescribing habits, consumption of antimicrobial agents and cost savings |
| title_full_unstemmed | Educational intervention program to optimize the use of antibiotics: impact on prescribing habits, consumption of antimicrobial agents and cost savings |
| title_short | Educational intervention program to optimize the use of antibiotics: impact on prescribing habits, consumption of antimicrobial agents and cost savings |
| title_sort | educational intervention program to optimize the use of antibiotics impact on prescribing habits consumption of antimicrobial agents and cost savings |
| topic | antimicrobial utilization costs Defi ned Daily Dose critical care. |
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