BACKGROUND: The problem of antimicrobial resistance requires common strategies at the European level. METHODS: We report on an EU initiative fostering antibiotic (AB) stewardship (ABS) in hospitals. RESULTS: The project 'ABS International: implementing antibiotic strategies for appropriate use of antibiotics in hospitals in member states of the EU' started in September 2006 in Austria, Belgium, the Czech Republic, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Poland, Slovenia and Slovakia. A training program for national ABS trainers was prepared and standard templates for ABS tools (AB list, guidelines for AB treatment and surgical prophylaxis, and AB-related organization) and valid process measures as well as quality indicators for AB use were developed. Specific ABS tools are being implemented in up to five health care facilities per country. CONCLUSION: ABS International is the first EU-funded initiative focusing on the implementation of structural measures in hospitals to promote the prudent use of ABs.
%0 Journal Article
%1 allerberger_optimization_2008
%A Allerberger, Franz
%A Lechner, Arno
%A Wechsler-Fördös, Agnes
%A Gareis, Roland
%D 2008
%J Chemotherapy
%K Agents, European Health Hospitals, Humans, Public Union, {Anti-Bacterial}
%N 4
%P 260--267
%R 10.1159/000149716
%T Optimization of antibiotic use in hospitals--antimicrobial stewardship and the EU project ABS international
%U http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18667815
%V 54
%X BACKGROUND: The problem of antimicrobial resistance requires common strategies at the European level. METHODS: We report on an EU initiative fostering antibiotic (AB) stewardship (ABS) in hospitals. RESULTS: The project 'ABS International: implementing antibiotic strategies for appropriate use of antibiotics in hospitals in member states of the EU' started in September 2006 in Austria, Belgium, the Czech Republic, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Poland, Slovenia and Slovakia. A training program for national ABS trainers was prepared and standard templates for ABS tools (AB list, guidelines for AB treatment and surgical prophylaxis, and AB-related organization) and valid process measures as well as quality indicators for AB use were developed. Specific ABS tools are being implemented in up to five health care facilities per country. CONCLUSION: ABS International is the first EU-funded initiative focusing on the implementation of structural measures in hospitals to promote the prudent use of ABs.
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abstract = {{BACKGROUND:} The problem of antimicrobial resistance requires common strategies at the European level. {METHODS:} We report on an {EU} initiative fostering antibiotic {(AB)} stewardship {(ABS)} in hospitals. {RESULTS:} The project {'ABS} International: implementing antibiotic strategies for appropriate use of antibiotics in hospitals in member states of the {EU'} started in September 2006 in Austria, Belgium, the Czech Republic, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Poland, Slovenia and Slovakia. A training program for national {ABS} trainers was prepared and standard templates for {ABS} tools {(AB} list, guidelines for {AB} treatment and surgical prophylaxis, and {AB-related} organization) and valid process measures as well as quality indicators for {AB} use were developed. Specific {ABS} tools are being implemented in up to five health care facilities per country. {CONCLUSION:} {ABS} International is the first {EU-funded} initiative focusing on the implementation of structural measures in hospitals to promote the prudent use of {ABs.}},
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author = {Allerberger, Franz and Lechner, Arno and {Wechsler-Fördös}, Agnes and Gareis, Roland},
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doi = {10.1159/000149716},
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issn = {1421-9794},
journal = {Chemotherapy},
keywords = {Agents, European Health Hospitals, Humans, Public Union, {Anti-Bacterial}},
note = {{PMID:} 18667815},
number = 4,
pages = {260--267},
timestamp = {2011-03-11T10:06:00.000+0100},
title = {Optimization of antibiotic use in hospitals--antimicrobial stewardship and the {EU} project {ABS} international},
url = {http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18667815},
volume = 54,
year = 2008
}