Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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3401541 | Enfermedades Infecciosas y Microbiología Clínica | 2012 | 23 Pages |
Abstract
This consensus document defines the objectives of the PROA (namely, to improve the clinical results of patients with infections, to minimise the adverse events associated to the use of antimicrobials including the emergence and spread of antibiotic resistance, and to ensure the use of the most cost-efficacious treatments), and provides recommendations for the implementation of these programs in Spanish hospitals. The key aspects of the recommendations are as follows. Multidisciplinary antibiotic teams should be formed, under the auspices of the Infection Committees. The PROA need to be considered as part of institutional programs and the strategic objectives of the hospital. The PROA should include specific objectives based on measurable indicators, and activities aimed at improving the use of antimicrobials, mainly through educational activities and interventions based more on training activities directed to prescribers than just on restrictive measures.
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Authors
Jesús RodrÃguez-Baño, José Ramón Paño-Pardo, Luis Alvarez-Rocha, Ángel Asensio, Esther Calbo, Emilia Cercenado, José Miguel Cisneros, Javier Cobo, Olga Delgado, José Garnacho-Montero, Santiago Grau, Juan Pablo Horcajada, Ana Hornero,