Journal
ANTIBIOTICS-BASEL
Volume 11, Issue 5, Pages -Publisher
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/antibiotics11050647
Keywords
antimicrobial resistance; antimicrobial stewardship; antimicrobial prescribing surveillance; quality; safety; ophthalmology; eye; surgical prophylaxis
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- Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care
- Australian Government's Department of Health
- Guidance Group, Royal Melbourne Hospital
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The National Antimicrobial Prescribing Survey (NAPS) is a widely adopted tool in Australian healthcare facilities to evaluate the reasons, quantity, and quality of antimicrobial prescribing. The study shows that inappropriate prescribing of antimicrobials is common in both hospital and aged care settings.
The National Antimicrobial Prescribing Survey (NAPS) is a web-based, standardized tool, widely adopted in Australian healthcare facilities to assess the reasons for, the quantity of, and the quality of antimicrobial prescribing. It consists of multiple modules tailored towards the needs of a variety of healthcare facilities. Data regarding ophthalmological antimicrobial use from Hospital NAPS, Surgical NAPS, and Aged Care NAPS were analysed. In Hospital NAPS, the most common reasons for inappropriate prescribing were incorrect dose or frequency and incorrect duration. Prolonged duration was also common in Aged Care prescribing: about one quarter of all antimicrobials had been prescribed for greater than 6 months. All three modules found chloramphenicol to be the most prescribed antimicrobial with a high rate of inappropriate prescribing, usually for conjunctivitis.
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