Set 2: Antibiotic therapy
Indicators and their accompanying data collection tools are listed below. We strongly recommend downloading the following documents to guide use of the indicators:
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Individual Indicators
2.1 Percentage of patients undergoing specified surgical procedures that receive an appropriate prophylactic antibiotic regimen
[PDF] | with tool [XLS]2.2 Percentage of prescriptions for restricted antibiotics that are concordant with drug and therapeutics committee approved criteria
[PDF] | with tool [XLS]2.3 Percentage of patients in whom doses of empirical aminoglycoside therapy are continued beyond 48 hours
[PDF] | with tool [XLS]2.4 Percentage of adult patients with community acquired pneumonia that are assessed using an appropriate validated objective measure of pneumonia severity
[PDF] | with tool [XLS]2.5 Percentage of patients presenting with community acquired pneumonia that are prescribed guideline concordant antibiotic therapy
[PDF] | with tool [XLS]
Other indicator sets
- Set 1: Antithrombotic therapy
- Set 3: Medication ordering
- Set 4: Pain management
- Set 5: Continuity of care
- Set 6: Hospital–wide medication management policies
- Set 7: Acute mental health care
- Polypharmacy QUM Indicators and Resource Kit
Page last updated 13 January 2021
