Pharmacity-Based Interventions on Antibiotic Use
Identifying Attributes
Care Settings
Country
Publishing Organisation
Type of Quality Indicator
IOM Quality Dimension
Domain
Defining Attributes
Definition
Proportion of facilities with pharmacy-based antibiotic use interventions
Numerator
Number of facilities with pharmacy-based antibiotic use interventions
Denominator
Number of facilities
Exclusions
Use of Risk Adjustment
Risk Adjustments
None
Stratifications
None
Data Attributes
Type of Data Collection
Data Collection Methods
Survey
Frequency of Data Collection
Frequency of Data Collection in Days
Reporting Methods
Survey
Reporting Frequency
Reporting Frequency in Days
Indicator Has Recommended Targets
Source and Reference Attributes
Evidence Source
National Healthcare Safety Network, Patient Safety Component - Annual Hospital Survey
Technical Specifications
Link to Measurement Tools
Survey www.cdc.gov/nhsn/forms/57.103pshospsurvblank.pdf (Question 47: Our facility has in place the following specific ‘pharmacy-based’ interventions.
Pharmacy-driven changes from intravenous to oral antibiotics without a physician’s order (for example, hospital-approved protocol)
□ Alerts to providers about potentially duplicative antibiotic spectra (for example, multiple antibiotics to treat anaerobes)
□ Automatic antibiotic stop orders in specific situations (for example, surgical prophylaxis)
□ None of the above)