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Use Of The Who Access, Watch, And Reserve Classification To Define Patterns Of Hospital Antibiotic Use (Aware): An Analysis Of Paediatric Survey Data From 56 Countries., Yingfen Hsia, Brian R. Lee, Ann Versporten, Yonghong Yang, Julia Bielicki, Charlotte Jackson, Jason Newland, Herman Goossens, Nicola Magrini, Mike Sharland, Garpec And Global-Pps Networks
Use Of The Who Access, Watch, And Reserve Classification To Define Patterns Of Hospital Antibiotic Use (Aware): An Analysis Of Paediatric Survey Data From 56 Countries., Yingfen Hsia, Brian R. Lee, Ann Versporten, Yonghong Yang, Julia Bielicki, Charlotte Jackson, Jason Newland, Herman Goossens, Nicola Magrini, Mike Sharland, Garpec And Global-Pps Networks
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BACKGROUND: Improving the quality of hospital antibiotic use is a major goal of WHO's global action plan to combat antimicrobial resistance. The WHO Essential Medicines List Access, Watch, and Reserve (AWaRe) classification could facilitate simple stewardship interventions that are widely applicable globally. We aimed to present data on patterns of paediatric AWaRe antibiotic use that could be used for local and national stewardship interventions.
METHODS: 1-day point prevalence survey antibiotic prescription data were combined from two independent global networks: the Global Antimicrobial Resistance, Prescribing, and Efficacy in Neonates and Children and the Global Point Prevalence Survey on Antimicrobial Consumption and …