Eight Years of Antimicrobial Stewardship Program (ASP) at a Large Academic Medical Center: Antibiotic Utilization Hospital-onset Clostridiumdifficile infection (HO-CDI) and Resistance Trends

摘要

BackgroundAntibiotic (ABX) use and outcome measures (rate of HO-CDI, local antimicrobial resistance) are recommended ASP metrics. These metrics can be used for internal benchmarking to assess ASP performance within an institution over time.