Impact of an antimicrobial stewardship intervention on appropriateness of prescribing for community‐acquired pneumonia in an Australian regional hospital

• Published in: Internal medicine journal Vol. 47; no. 5; pp. 582 - 585
• Main Authors: Bond, Stuart E., Boutlis, Craig S., Yeo, Wilfred W., Miyakis, Spiros
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Melbourne John Wiley & Sons Australia, Ltd 01.05.2017; Wiley Subscription Services, Inc
• Subjects: Adult; Anti-Bacterial Agents - therapeutic use; antibiotic; antimicrobial stewardship; Antimicrobial Stewardship - methods; Antimicrobial Stewardship - standards; Australia - epidemiology; Ceftriaxone; Community-Acquired Infections - drug therapy; Community-Acquired Infections - epidemiology; community‐acquired pneumonia; Drug Prescriptions - standards; duration of therapy; Female; Humans; Male; New South Wales - epidemiology; Pneumonia; Pneumonia - diagnosis; Pneumonia - drug therapy; Pneumonia - epidemiology; Prospective Studies; reformatted as a brief communication; Tertiary Care Centers - standards; antibiotic; duration of therapy; antimicrobial stewardship; community-acquired pneumonia; reformatted as a brief communication
• ISSN: 1444-0903; 1445-5994
• DOI: 10.1111/imj.13401

Community‐acquired pneumonia (CAP) is the second commonest indication for antibiotic use in Australian hospitals and is therefore a frequent target for antimicrobial stewardship. A single‐centre prospective study was conducted in a regional referral hospital comparing management of adult patients with CAP before and after an educational intervention. We demonstrated a reduction in duration of therapy and reduced inappropriate use of ceftriaxone‐based regimens for non‐severe CAP.