Biopatch? or Kendall? AMD foam disc to reduce the incidence of central-line-associated blood stream infection: A feasibility study

摘要

Introduction: During 2014, Tasmanian Infection Prevention and Control(TIPCU) in conjunction with the Tasmanian Antimicrobial StewardshipNetwork (TASNET) developed and piloted an antimicrobial surveillancemodule for rural hospitals. This was used in 2015 in all 13 Tasmanian ruralhospitals to assess antimicrobial use.Methods: During August 2015, data were collected by nursing staff for allacute care inpatients within rural hospitals who were prescribed antimicrobial treatment. Information collected included rationale for treatment, drugname, dosage, duration of therapy and microbiological testing. Appropriateness of therapy was assessed against the Therapeutic Guidelines:Antibiotic v15 2014. Where possible, results were compared with the 2014National Antimicrobial Prescribing Survey (NAPS).