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. 2022 Apr 26;2(1):e71. doi: 10.1017/ash.2022.43

Table 2.

Use of antibiotics before (PRE) and after (POST) PHIG intervention. Unit 4 did not participate in data collection after intervention.

Unit 1 Unit 2 Unit 3 (BMT) Unit 4 Unit 5 Unit 6 TOTAL Pediatric hospitals General hospitals
Pre Post Pre Post Pre Post Pre Post Pre Post Pre Post Pre Post Pre Post Pre Post
Patients 169 186 187 256 103 160 116 173 262 100 126 848 990 579 678 269 312
Antibiotic days 2030 2446 4135 6238 4349 5181 7539 1093 1291 1528 2201 20674 17358 17116 12710 3558 4647
Patient days 4253 5775 6832 11929 4450 5310 18019 2920 5407 3485 6255 39959 34677 32221 22646 7738 12030
LOT/ 1,000 patient days 477 424 605 523 977 976 418 374 239 438 352 517 501 531 561 460 386
DOT/LOT ratio 2.6 2.8 2.1 1.7 1.5 1.5 1.6 2.1 2.2 2.2 1.3 2.0 2.0 1.9 1.9 2.4 2.2
Most commonly used antibiotics - % of DOTS as recorded during first 7 days of treatment
Amik/Genta 27.7 28.1 14.6 9.6 6.5 3.5 22.6 26.4 28.8 24.4 19.4 21.7 20.2 18.6 16.6 26.6 25.9
Cefepime 0.1 0.0 0.5 0.6 0.4 0.4 0.0 25.5 20.9 6.9 6.4 6.1 6.5 8.4 9.5 2.4 1.6
Ceftr/Cefotax 7.6 3.6 3.0 8.9 2.5 1.0 9.8 2.8 1.4 3.3 6.4 5.0 4.0 4.2 3.8 6.2 4.3
Ceftazidime 18.9 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.6 1.5 0.4 0.0 0.0 19.0 4.5 7.3 0.6 0.2 0.4 19.0 1.1
Cipro/Levo 1.3 1.5 0.6 0.5 1.5 10.1 0 1.8 0.5 0.9 0.6 1.1 2.1 1.0 2.7 1.2 1.3
Colistin 0.7 2.3 0.3 0.0 1.5 0.5 0.4 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.5 0.4 0.8 0.4 0.1 0.5 1.8
Meropenem 4.7 4.5 5.4 4.4 6.4 7.9 1.3 4.0 3.9 7.8 13.8 4.8 5.7 4.3 5.0 5.7 6.8
Metronidazole 4.2 4.2 4.1 1.3 1.2 4.7 2.3 1.5 1.2 3.2 8.4 3 3.3 2.4 2.1 3.9 5.3
Pip/Tazo 0.7 24.2 33.3 39.8 52.4 39.7 46.6 9.3 15.4 2.4 37.1 20 28.4 31.5 29.1 1.3 27.4
Vanc/Teico 32.8 30 35.9 30.8 23.2 25.6 10.9 23.9 25.3 25.9 31.7 27 28.4 24.9 30.4% 27.2 30.4

Amik/Genta=Amikacin/Gentamycin; Ceft/Cefotax=Ceftriaxone/Cefotaxime; Cipro/Levo= Ciprofloxacin/ Levofloxacin; Pip/Tazo= Piperacillin/Tazobactam Vanc/Teico=Vancomycin/Teicoplanin.