Patients on antibiotic therapy Infections and Infestations
Conditions
Interventions
Patients with 3 day antibiotic treatment will be identified by the pharmacy service daily from Monday to Friday. Once checked the inclusion criteria, there will be the randomization stratified by clin
Sponsors
Training and Research Institute, Marqués de Valdecilla (Spain)
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Patients: The reference population is composed of patients admitted in the Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla with antimicrobial treatment prescribed by their responsible doctors for more than three days. The clinical services/units in which the study will be realized will comply with the following criteria for inclusion: 1. Stability in the physicians who participate in the study 2. Stability in the number of beds and type of assisted 3. Agreement by doctors who work in them to participate in the study
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: 1. Pediatric patients 2. Patients with terminal chronic renal failure (on dialysis) 3. Patients with oral antibiotic treatment 4. Antibiotic treatment already prescribed by the Infectious Diseases Unit Patients whose antibiotic has been prescribed by a member of the Infectious Diseases Unit as part of the usual care task shall be excluded from the study
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| 1. To know the current situation of antibiotic use in the Valdecilla Hospital 2. To evaluate the impact of an intervention designed to optimize the antibiotic consumption and cost, as well as the incidence of bacterial resistance in some hospitalization units | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| 1. To analyze the impact of the intervention on the microbiological and clinical prognosis of patients, as well as half of them stay 2. To investigate the adhesion of medical intervention and the impact of such adherence on the microbiological and clinical prognosis of patients 3. To investigate if the results obtained with the intervention are maintained over time | — |
Countries
Spain
Outcome results
None listed