Given the complexity and nuance needed to make antimicrobial prescribing decisions, metrics aiming to assess these decisions can be complex in method, require resource investment for measurement, and demand thoughtfulness in how to use data for program implementation and messaging to key partners. Antimicrobial stewardship programs today use several metrics of antimicrobial use in parallel with other clinical data for a multitude of purposes and audiences. Dr. Rebekah Moehring and team discuss goals for inpatient stewardship metrics, current metrics used by stewardship programs locally and nationally, and future directions for antimicrobial use metric development.
The full review is published in Infectious Disease Clinics of North America.