Table 4.
Monitoring, documenting and reporting the quality of antibiotic use by A-teams
| Hospital | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Process of care recommendation | Activity | A | B | C | D | E | Total |
| Blood cultures taken? | Monitored | − | − | − | + | − | 1/5 (20%) |
| Documented | − | − | − | + | − | 1/5 (20%) | |
| Reported | − | − | − | + | − | 1/5 (20%) | |
| Antibiotics prescribed according to local guideline? | Monitored | + | + | + | + | + | 5/5 (100%) |
| Documented | + | + | + | + | + | 4/5 (80%) | |
| Reported | + | + | + | + | -* | 1/5 (20%) | |
| Therapy switched from intravenous to oral therapy? | Monitored | − | + | + | − | + | 3/5 (60%) |
| Documented | − | + | + | − | − | 2/5 (40%) | |
| Reported | − | + | -* | − | − | 1/5 (20%) | |
| Therapeutic drug monitoring performed? | Monitored | − | + | + | + | + | 4/5 (80%) |
| Documented | − | + | − | − | − | 1/5 (20%) | |
| Reported | − | + | − | − | − | 1/5 (20%) | |
| Bedside consultation performed for S.aureus bacteremia? | Monitored | + | + | + | + | + | 5/5 (100%) |
| Documented | − | + | − | − | − | 1/5 (20%) | |
| Reported | − | + | − | − | − | 1/5 (20%) | |
| Organization of care recommendation | |||||||
| Local antibiotic guideline is present | + | + | + | + | + | 5/5 (100%) | |
| Local guideline corresponds to national guideline | + | + | + | + | + | 5/5 (100%) | |
| List of restricted antibiotics is present | + | + | + | + | + | 5/5 (100%) | |