
SAVE

Start Date:
March 2018
End Date:
ongoing
Duration:
36 months
ID-CARE Role:
Website:
Leader
Description
Title: Stewardship Antibiotica VErona.
Design: Hospital-wide multifaceted Antimicrobial Stewardship Intervention. Monocentric, quasi-experimental, non-randomized, Interrupted Time Series, open-label study.
Primary Objective: Improving the quality of care through decreasing the rate of inappropriate antibiotic prescription and the rates of infections caused by antibiotic-resistant organisms. Measuring the effect of the Antimicrobial Stewardship Interventions (ASI) implementation on:
variation in antibiotic consumption.
prevalence of Carbapenem-Resistant Enterobacteriaceae (CRE) bacteremia and C.difficile infections.
patient-safety metrics.
Secondary Objective: Analyzing the individual and socio-contextual determinants influencing prescribing behaviours, barriers and facilitators for ASI implementation.
Partners
University of Verona
Sponsor
