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Denominator Matters in Estimating Antimicrobial Use: A Comparison of Days Present and Patient Days.

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Moehring, RW; Dodds Ashley, ES; Ren, X; Lokhnygina, Y; Baker, AW; Jones, TM; Lewis, SS; Sexton, DJ; Anderson, DJ ...
Published in: Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol
May 2018

Patient days and days present were compared to directly measured person time to quantify how choice of different denominator metrics may affect antimicrobial use rates. Overall, days present were approximately one-third higher than patient days. This difference varied among hospitals and units and was influenced by short length of stay.Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 2018;39:612-615.

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Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol

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EISSN

1559-6834

Publication Date

May 2018

Volume

39

Issue

5

Start / End Page

612 / 615

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Length of Stay
  • Humans
  • Hospitals
  • Epidemiology
  • Drug Utilization
  • Data Collection
  • Cross Infection
  • Bias
  • Antimicrobial Stewardship
  • Anti-Bacterial Agents
 

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Moehring, R. W., Dodds Ashley, E. S., Ren, X., Lokhnygina, Y., Baker, A. W., Jones, T. M., … Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Epicenters Program, . (2018). Denominator Matters in Estimating Antimicrobial Use: A Comparison of Days Present and Patient Days. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol, 39(5), 612–615. https://doi.org/10.1017/ice.2018.54
Moehring, Rebekah W., Elizabeth S. Dodds Ashley, Xinru Ren, Yuliya Lokhnygina, Arthur W. Baker, Travis M. Jones, Sarah S. Lewis, Daniel J. Sexton, Deverick J. Anderson, and Deverick J. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Epicenters Program. “Denominator Matters in Estimating Antimicrobial Use: A Comparison of Days Present and Patient Days.Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 39, no. 5 (May 2018): 612–15. https://doi.org/10.1017/ice.2018.54.
Moehring RW, Dodds Ashley ES, Ren X, Lokhnygina Y, Baker AW, Jones TM, et al. Denominator Matters in Estimating Antimicrobial Use: A Comparison of Days Present and Patient Days. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2018 May;39(5):612–5.
Moehring, Rebekah W., et al. “Denominator Matters in Estimating Antimicrobial Use: A Comparison of Days Present and Patient Days.Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol, vol. 39, no. 5, May 2018, pp. 612–15. Pubmed, doi:10.1017/ice.2018.54.
Moehring RW, Dodds Ashley ES, Ren X, Lokhnygina Y, Baker AW, Jones TM, Lewis SS, Sexton DJ, Anderson DJ, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Epicenters Program. Denominator Matters in Estimating Antimicrobial Use: A Comparison of Days Present and Patient Days. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2018 May;39(5):612–615.
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Published In

Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol

DOI

EISSN

1559-6834

Publication Date

May 2018

Volume

39

Issue

5

Start / End Page

612 / 615

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Length of Stay
  • Humans
  • Hospitals
  • Epidemiology
  • Drug Utilization
  • Data Collection
  • Cross Infection
  • Bias
  • Antimicrobial Stewardship
  • Anti-Bacterial Agents