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Tracking antimicrobial stewardship activities beyond days of therapy (DOT): Comparison of days of antibiotic spectrum coverage (DASC) and DOT at a single center
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Tracking antimicrobial stewardship activities beyond days of therapy (DOT): Comparison of days of antibiotic spectrum coverage (DASC) and DOT at a single center

Hiroyuki Suzuki, Brett H Heintz, Daniel J Livorsi, Eli N Perencevich and Michihiko Goto
Infection control and hospital epidemiology, Vol.44(6), pp.934-937
06/2023
DOI: 10.1017/ice.2022.312
PMCID: PMC10262162
PMID: 36625069
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https://doi.org/10.1017/ice.2022.312View
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Abstract

Even though antimicrobial days of therapy did not significantly decrease during a period of robust stewardship activities at our center, we detected a significant downward trend in antimicrobial spectrum, as measured by days of antibiotic spectrum coverage (DASC). The DASC metric may help more broadly monitor the effect of stewardship activities.
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