A pharmacist-led prospective antibiotic stewardship intervention improves compliance to community-acquired pneumonia guidelines in 39 public and private hospitals across South Africa

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dc.contributor.authorvan den Bergh, Dena D.
dc.contributor.authorMessina, Angeliki P.
dc.contributor.authorGoff, Debra A.
dc.date.accessioned2021-01-04T11:59:55Z
dc.date.available2021-01-04T11:59:55Z
dc.date.issued2020
dc.description.abstractIntroduction: Pharmacists in low-middle-income countries (LMIC) are few and lack antibiotic stewardship (AS) training. The ability was assessed of non-specialised pharmacists to implement stewardship interventions and improve adherence to the South African community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) guideline in public and private hospitals. Methods: This was a multicentre, prospective cohort study of adult CAP patients hospitalised between July 2017 and July 2018. A CAP bundle was developed of seven process measures (diagnostic and AS) that pharmacists used to audit compliance and provide feedback. CAP bundle compliance rates and change in outcome measures [mortality, length of stay (LOS) and infection-related (IR)-LOS] during pre- and post-implementation periods were compared.en_US
dc.identifier.citationvan den Bergh, D. D. et al. (2020). A pharmacist-led prospective antibiotic stewardship intervention improves compliance to community-acquired pneumonia guidelines in 39 public and private hospitals across South Africa. International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents, 56(6),106189en_US
dc.identifier.issn1872-7913
dc.identifier.uri10.1016/j.ijantimicag.2020.106189
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10566/5537
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherElsevieren_US
dc.subjectAntibiotic stewardshipen_US
dc.subjectCommunity-acquired pneumoniaen_US
dc.subjectLow-middle income countryen_US
dc.subjectMulticentreen_US
dc.subjectCross-sectoren_US
dc.titleA pharmacist-led prospective antibiotic stewardship intervention improves compliance to community-acquired pneumonia guidelines in 39 public and private hospitals across South Africaen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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