A Trial to Establish an Antimicrobial Prescription Monitoring System for Antimicrobial Stewardship in Clinics

A Trial to Establish an Antimicrobial Prescription Monitoring System for Antimicrobial Stewardship in Clinics Abstract Introduction : We investigated the feasibility and validity of developing a system to monitor prescriptions prescribed by physicians for the promotion of appropriate antimicrobial use in clinics. Methods : The names of injuries and diseases and prescribed drugs stored in the receipt computers of six clinics were output and anonymized. Antimicrobial prescriptions for acute respiratory tract infections and acute diarrhea were compiled and evaluated. Results : Anonymized data were available for all six clinics. We were able to extract data and aggregate prescriptions by linking the name of the injuries and diseases to the prescribed drug. Conclusions : We consider it possible to establish antimicrobial stewardship in clinics through antimicrobial prescription monitoring and to develop such a system. On the other hand, there are multiple ways of naming injuries and diseases, and further investigation is needed to define the names of injuries and diseases to be ex-tracted.