6- IAS Targets

Broad:

  1. Improving optimal utilization of antimicrobials by dept specific antibiogram and culture guided
  2. Decreasing turn around time for all microbiological diagnosis
  3. Zero tolerance to hospital acquired infections 
  4. Achieving 100% vaccination to all health care workers

Narrow:

  • Reducing empiric antibiotic prescriptions without cultures performed prior to initiation to <1% within 60 weeks 
  • Reducing unnecessary use of antibiotics > 7 days to <1% of courses within 60 weeks 
  • Reducing unnecessary use of antibiotics > 14 days to <1% of courses within 60 weeks 
  • Reducing concurrent use of ≥ 4 antibiotics to <1% within 60 weeks 
  • Reducing “double” or redundant antibiotic cover to <1% within 60 weeks 
  • Attaining 0% of hospital acquired infections within 60 weeks
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