A systematic review of interventions and performance measures for antifungal stewardship programmes

Archive ouverte

Bienvenu, A. L. | Argaud, L. | Aubrun, F. | Fellahi, J. L. | Guerin, C. | Javouhey, Etienne | Piriou, V. | Rimmele, T. | Chidiac, C. | Leboucher, G.

Edité par CCSD ; Oxford University Press (OUP) -

Objectives : Antifungal resistance is a significant and emerging threat. Stewardship programmes (SPs) have been proposed as an opportunity to optimize antifungal use. While examples of antifungal SP implementation have been recently described, there is yet to be an overview of interventions and their impacts on performance measures. Methods We systematically reviewed published articles using the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses check-list 2009. MEDLINE was searched using the term 'antifungal stewardship' on 15 February 2017. Eligible studies were those that described an antifungal SP and included an intervention and an evaluation of performance measures. Results : A total of 97 studies were identified and 14 were included. Only five studies reported an antifungal stewardship team composed of all the recommended members. The main intervention was the formulation of recommendations to change treatment (12 of 14). The main performance measure collected was antifungal consumption (10 of 14), followed by antifungal expenditure (7 of 14), adherence to therapeutic advice (4 of 14) and impact on mortality (4 of 14). Antifungal consumption was reduced by 11.8% to 71% and antifungal expenditure by as much as 50%. Adherence to therapeutic advice ranged from 40% to 88%, whereas antifungal SPs had no impact on mortality. Conclusions : All antifungal SPs had an impact, in particular on antifungal consumption and antifungal expenditure. Active intervention including a review of prescriptions seems to have more impact than implementation of treatment guidelines only. According to available published studies, antifungal consumption appears to be the most achievable performance measure to evaluate the impact of an antifungal SP. . La résistance antifongique est une menace importante et émergente. Les programmes d'intendance (PS) ont été proposés comme une opportunité d'optimiser l'utilisation antifongique.

Consulter en ligne

Suggestions

Du même auteur

Evaluation of first-line therapies for the treatment of candidemia in ICU patients: A propensity score analysis

Archive ouverte | Bienvenu, A. L. | CCSD

International audience. BACKGROUND: Candidemia is a major cause of mortality in the intensive care unit (ICU). According to the Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA), an echinocandin is recommended as initia...

Association between voriconazole exposure and Sequential Organ Failure Assessment (SOFA) score in critically ill patients

Archive ouverte | Bienvenu, A. L. | CCSD

International audience. Therapeutic drug monitoring (TDM) is essential for voriconazole to ensure optimal drug exposure, mainly in critically ill patients for whom voriconazole demonstrated a large variability. The ...

État nutritionnel en unité de surveillance continue pédiatrique : évaluation à l'admission, en cours de séjour et à distance

Archive ouverte | Javouhey, Etienne | CCSD

Malnutrition, known as a cause of morbidity, has not been studied in children admitted to pediatric intermediate care units. This study aimed to describe the association between patients' nutritional status and the relative s...

Chargement des enrichissements...