J Korean Med Sci.  2020 Aug;35(30):e241. 10.3346/jkms.2020.35.e241.

Development of Antibiotic Classification for Measuring Antibiotic Usage in Korean Hospitals Using a Modified Delphi Method

• Kim B
• Yoon YK
• Kim DS
• Jeong SJ
• Ahn SV
• Park SH
• Kwon KT
• Kim HB
• Park YS
• Kim SW
• Kiem S
• Choi JY
• The Korean Society of Infectious Diseases
• The Korean Society for Antimicrobial Therapy
• Health Insurance Review & Assessment Service

• KMID: 2505188
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.3346/jkms.2020.35.e241

Abstract

In 2019, a project designed to develop a system for measuring and comparing antibiotic usage in hospitals was launched in Korea. As part of this project, we developed a means to classify antibiotic usage in Korean hospitals using a modified Delphi method. In results, the following categories of antibiotic classification were accepted for use in Korean hospitals: 1) broad-spectrum antibacterial agents predominantly used for hospital-onset infections in adults, 2) broad-spectrum antibacterial agents predominantly used for community-acquired infections in adults, 3) antibacterial agents predominantly used for resistant gram-positive infections in adults, 4) narrow-spectrum beta-lactam agents in adults, 5) antibacterial agents predominantly used for extensive antibiotic resistant gram-negative bacteria in adults, and 6) total antibacterial agents.

Keyword

Antibiotics; Stewardship; Hospitals; Measurement; Korea

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