James, Rodney and Nakamachi, Yoshiko and Morris, Andrew and So, Miranda and Sri La Sri Ponnampalavanar, Sasheela and Chuki, Pem and Loong, Ly Sia and Lai, Pauline Siew Mei and Chen, Caroline and Ingram, Robyn and Rajkhowa, Arjun and Buising, Kirsty and Thursky, Karin (2022) The feasibility and generalizability of assessing the appropriateness of antimicrobial prescribing in hospitals: A review of the Australian National Antimicrobial Prescribing Survey. JAC-Antimicrobial Resistance, 4 (1). ISSN 2632-1823, DOI https://doi.org/10.1093/jacamr/dlac012.
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The National Antimicrobial Prescribing Survey (NAPS) is a web-based qualitative auditing platform that provides a standardized and validated tool to assist hospitals in assessing the appropriateness of antimicrobial prescribing practices. Since its release in 2013, the NAPS has been adopted by all hospital types within Australia, including public and private facilities, and supports them in meeting the national standards for accreditation. Hospitals can generate real-time reports to assist with local antimicrobial stewardship (AMS) activities and interventions. De-identified aggregate data from the NAPS are also submitted to the Antimicrobial Use and Resistance in Australia surveillance system, for national reporting purposes, and to strengthen national AMS strategies. With the successful implementation of the programme within Australia, the NAPS has now been adopted by countries with both well-resourced and resource-limited healthcare systems. We provide here a narrative review describing the experience of users utilizing the NAPS programme in Canada, Malaysia and Bhutan. We highlight the key barriers and facilitators to implementation and demonstrate that the NAPS methodology is feasible, generalizable and translatable to various settings and able to assist in initiatives to optimize the use of antimicrobials. © 2022 Oxford University Press. All rights reserved.
| Item Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Funders: | UNSPECIFIED |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Antiinfective agent; Antimicrobial stewardship; Australia; Benchmarking |
| Subjects: | R Medicine |
| Divisions: | Faculty of Medicine > Primary Care Medicine Department |
| Depositing User: | Ms. Juhaida Abd Rahim |
| Date Deposited: | 08 Apr 2025 08:28 |
| Last Modified: | 08 Apr 2025 08:28 |
| URI: | http://eprints.um.edu.my/id/eprint/43753 |
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