Table 3.
The final set of 12 evidence-based and consensually validated quantity metrics for antibiotic use in the inpatient setting
| Inpatient quantity metric (IQM) |
|---|
| IQM 1: Defined daily doses (DDDs) per 100(0) PDs/BDs/OBDsa |
| IQM 2: Defined daily doses (DDDs) per admission |
| IQM 3: Defined daily doses (DDDs) per (100 bed-days per CMIb) |
| IQM 4: Prescribed daily doses (PDDs) per 100 PDs |
| IQM 5: Days of therapy (DOT) per PD |
| IQM 6: Days of therapy (DOT) per patient |
| IQM 7: Days of therapy (DOT) per admission |
| IQM 8: Length of therapy (LOT) per admission |
| IQM 9: Length of therapy (LOT) per patient |
| IQM 10: Patients exposed to antibiotics per all patients |
| IQM 11: Patients exposed to antibiotics per admission |
| IQM 12: Antibiotic use should be preferably expressed in at least two metrics simultaneously |
a
100(0) patient-days (PD)/bed-days (BDs)/occupied bed-days (OBDs).
b
CMI, case mix index. This is a relative value assigned to a diagnosis-related group of patients in a medical care environment.