Antibiotic Consumption and Stewardship at a Hospital outside of an Early Coronavirus Disease 2019 Epicenter.
Antimicrob Agents Chemother
; 64(11)2020 10 20.
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in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-884910
ABSTRACT
There are scant data on the impact of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) on hospital antibiotic consumption, and no data from outside epicenters. At our nonepicenter hospital, antibiotic days of therapy (DOT) and bed days of care (BDOC) were reduced by 151.5/month and 285/month, respectively, for March to June 2020 compared to 2018-2019 (P = 0.001 and P < 0.001). DOT per 1,000 BDOC was increased (8.1/month; P = 0.001). COVID-19 will impact antibiotic consumption, stewardship, and resistance in ways that will likely differ temporally and by region.
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MEDLINE
Main subject:
Pneumonia, Viral
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Coronavirus Infections
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Drug Utilization
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Pandemics
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Betacoronavirus
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Antimicrobial Stewardship
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Anti-Bacterial Agents
Limits:
Humans
Language:
English
Year:
2020
Document Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
AAC.01011-20
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