Practice testing of generic quality indicators for responsible antibiotic use in nine hospitals in the Dutch–Belgian border area

BACKGROUND: Inpatient quality indicators (IQIs) were previously developed to assess responsible antibiotic use. AIM: Practice testing of these QIs in the hospital setting. METHOD: This study was performed within a Dutch-Belgian border network of hospitals implementing the Infection Risk Scan (IRIS) point prevalence survey (PPS) as part of the i-4-1-Health project. Twenty out of 51 DRIVE-AB IQIs, including 13 structure and seven process IQIs, were tested. Data on structure IQIs were obtained through a web-based questionnaire sent to the hospital medical microbiologists. PPS data from October to... Mehr ...