Course: Challenges in Antibiotic Resistance: Point Prevalence Surveys

In addition to quality indicators, evolving technology has allowed mobile devices such as smartphones and tablets to be utilised to collect data on antibiotic prescribing in real-time into spreadsheets or …

While PPS are useful to measure the quality of prescribing, they are time consuming to plan and resource intensive to collect the data and analyse the results. Therefore the time …

PPS is a well-established stewardship tool in some parts of the world, but in other countries clinicians have just begun to explore how to use PPS. Click on the countries …

PPS results should be used to create a report or output to allow the data to be shared locally in or in some cases published. A variety of formats are …

The most important part of a PPS is sharing the results. Otherwise, no actions to improve prescribing will happen. While using written reports to inform managers and policy makers about …

On an even larger scale, the Global PPS has allowed comparison of antibiotic use across all continents to provide a picture of how antibiotics are being used worldwide. During Week …

Repeated PPS can also be useful on a larger scale to track changes across a whole country and identify hospitals that are performing well and those that require to make …

It is possible to use a rolling programme of PPS carried out on a monthly or annual basis either in one ward or several wards to monitor quality of prescribing …

PPS data is most useful to monitor trends over time. This can be done in a specific ward or hospital and at various time intervals to track changes in prescribing …

We can aggregate data from the patient level forms as shown previously in Step 2.5, then use this data within Microsoft Excel, or another spreadsheet software (e.g OpenOffice, Google sheets, …

Data from individual patients can be aggregated to provide useful information about various aspects of antibiotic use at ward or hospital level. In this step we will show some examples …

In Week 1 we learned what a PPS is, considered what is required to perform a PPS and discussed a range of useful tools to support data collection for PPS. …

So measurement of antibiotic use is a cornerstone of any antimicrobial stewardship programme and measurement can help to improve the quality of prescribing. The two main types of measurement are …

Measurement is central to all of our lives. We measure things all the time. Have you ever thought am I gaining or losing weight? Have I enough space for this …

In this video Dr Jacqueline Sneddon outlines the core components of stewardship and the role of Point Prevalence Surveys in the cycle of antimicrobial stewardship activities. Below you will find …