| Preauthorisation |
- Restricted use of certain antibiotics
- Prior approval by an ASP team
- Reduces initiation of unnecessary / inappropriate antibiotics
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| Prospective audit and feedback |
- Use of antibiotic order form
- Provides educational benefit to clinicians
- Can increase visibility of ASP and build collegial relationships
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| Administrative control |
- Restriction of hospital drug formulary through the Drug and Therapeutics Committee
- Use of antibiotic order form
- Selective or cascade reporting of antibiotic susceptibility test results
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| Guidelines, education & consultation |
- Written hospital guidelines for common infectious diseases syndromes
- Educational efforts aimed at changing prescribing practices of clinicians
- Providing consultation from clinical microbiologist or infectious disease physician
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| Review and surveillance |
- On-going monitoring and analysis of antibiotics usage
- On-going surveillance of antibiotic susceptibility
- On-going monitoring of Clostridium difficile infection rate
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