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| lifeskim:mentions | |
| pubmed:issue |
3
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| pubmed:dateCreated |
2004-10-25
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| pubmed:abstractText |
Data on the use of antibiotics were collected by means of a questionnaire from 49 hospitals in south-western France. Use was expressed as a usage density rate: number of defined daily doses (DDDs) per 1000 patient-days. The average use of antibiotics amounted to 402 DDDs per 1000 patient-days and varied between 60 and 734. In acute-care wards, the amount of antibiotic use increased with the size of the hospital: 461 DDDs per 1000 patient-days for group A (<100 beds), 510 DDDs per 1000 patient-days for group B (more than 100 and less then 300 beds) and 676 DDDs per 1000 patient-days for group C (>300 beds). The rate of use differed among different types of hospital areas and varied from 58 for psychiatry departments to more than 1273 DDDs per 1000 patient-days for the infectious diseases departments. Broad-spectrum penicillins were the most frequently prescribed antibiotics. Fluoroquinolone and third-generation cephalosporin use were relatively uniform in the three size categories. This study shows that it is possible for a hospital to benchmark its consumption with other hospitals that are similar in size. In this way, surveillance of antibiotic use can aid hospitals in targeting infection control efforts.
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| pubmed:language |
eng
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| pubmed:citationSubset |
IM
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MEDLINE
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| pubmed:month |
Nov
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| pubmed:issn |
0195-6701
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| pubmed:author | |
| pubmed:issnType |
Print
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| pubmed:volume |
58
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| pubmed:owner |
NLM
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| pubmed:authorsComplete |
Y
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| pubmed:pagination |
187-92
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| pubmed:meshHeading |
pubmed-meshheading:15501332-Anti-Infective Agents,
pubmed-meshheading:15501332-Cross Infection,
pubmed-meshheading:15501332-Drug Resistance, Bacterial,
pubmed-meshheading:15501332-Drug Utilization Review,
pubmed-meshheading:15501332-France,
pubmed-meshheading:15501332-Health Care Surveys,
pubmed-meshheading:15501332-Hospitals,
pubmed-meshheading:15501332-Humans,
pubmed-meshheading:15501332-Infection Control,
pubmed-meshheading:15501332-Questionnaires
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| pubmed:year |
2004
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| pubmed:articleTitle |
Use of antibiotics in hospitals in south-western France.
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| pubmed:affiliation |
Service d'Hygiène Hospitalière, Hôpital Pellegrin, CHU de Bordeaux, Place Amélie Raba-Léon, 33076 Bordeaux, France. anne-marie.rogues@chu-bordeaux.fr
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Journal Article
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