Antibiotic consumption and stewardship at a hospital outside of an early Coronavirus disease 2019 epicentre.

Antibiotic consumption and stewardship at a hospital outside of an early Coronavirus disease 2019 epicentre.
Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2020 Aug 19;:
Authors: Buehrle DJ, Decker BK, Wagener MM, Adalja A, Singh N, McEllistrem MC, Nguyen MH, Clancy CJ
Abstract
There are scant data on impact of coronavirus disease (COVID)-19 on hospital antibiotic consumption, and no data from outside epicentres. At our non-epicentre hospital, antibiotic days of therapy (DOT) and bed days of care (BDOC) were reduced by 151.5/month and 285/month, respectively, for March-June 2020, compared to 2018-19 (P=0.001 and P<0.001). DOT/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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Source: Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy - August 18, 2020 Category: Microbiology Authors: Buehrle DJ, Decker BK, Wagener MM, Adalja A, Singh N, McEllistrem MC, Nguyen MH, Clancy CJ Tags: Antimicrob Agents Chemother Source Type: research