Table 1.
Effect of the ASP interruption during COVID-19 pandemic on antibiotic consumption in the 4 medical units included in the study.
Antibiotics | Parameter Evaluated | Effect Estimate | LCI | UCI | p Value |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Carbapenems | Change in trend | 1.69 | −1.27 | 4.65 | 0.24 |
Change in level | 3.22 | −8.98 | 15.41 | 0.58 | |
Piperacillin/tazobactam | Change in trend | −0.45 | −1.72 | 0.82 | 0.47 |
Change in level | −1.52 | −9.88 | 6.85 | 0.70 | |
III/IV Generation Cephalosporins | Change in trend | 1.12 | −1.04 | 3.29 | 0.29 |
Change in level | −3.72 | −13.96 | 6.51 | 0.45 | |
Aminopenicillins/BLI | Change in trend | 3.25 | −0.17 | 6.67 | 0.061 |
Change in level | 2.50 | −14.54 | 19.54 | 0.76 | |
Fluoroquinolones | Change in trend | 0.99 | 0.13 | 1.86 | 0.027 |
Change in level | −0.94 | −5.2 | 3.28 | 0.64 | |
Vancomycin | Change in trend | 0.49 | −0.68 | 1.68 | 0.38 |
Change in level | −1.93 | −7.29 | 3.43 | 0.46 | |
Linezolid | Change in trend | 0.43 | −0.58 | 1.43 | 0.38 |
Change in level | 1.29 | 1.29 | 2.38 | 0.59 | |
Macrolides | Change in trend | 0.069 | −0.24 | 0.38 | 0.64 |
Change in level | −0.011 | −0.29 | 0.27 | 0.94 | |
All antibiotics | Change in trend | 15.44 | −3.75 | 34.6 | 0.11 |
Change in level | −3.08 | −67.29 | 61.12 | 0.92 | |
Costs | Change in trend | 180.3 | −108.2 | 468.8 | 0.20 |
Change in level | −95.5 | −1535.8 | 1344.9 | 0.89 |