Development of Antibiotic Classification for Measuring Antibiotic Usage in Korean Hospitals Using a Modified Delphi Method
Authors
Bongyoung Kim ; Young Kyung Yoon ; Dong Sook Kim ; Su Jin Jeong ; Song Vogue Ahn ; Sun Hee Park ; Ki Tae Kwon ; Hong Bin Kim ; Yoon Soo Park ; Shin Woo Kim ; Sungmin Kiem ; Jun Yong Choi ; Korean Society of Infectious Diseases ; Korean Society for Antimicrobial Therapy ; Health Insurance Review & Assessment Service
Citation
JOURNAL OF KOREAN MEDICAL SCIENCE, Vol.35(30) : e241, 2020-08
Antibiotics ; Hospitals ; Korea ; Measurement ; Stewardship
Abstract
In 2019, a project designed to develop a system for measuring and comparing antibiotic usage in hospitals was launched in Korea. As part of this project, we developed a means to classify antibiotic usage in Korean hospitals using a modified Delphi method. In results, the following categories of antibiotic classification were accepted for use in Korean hospitals: 1) broad-spectrum antibacterial agents predominantly used for hospital-onset infections in adults, 2) broad-spectrum antibacterial agents predominantly used for community-acquired infections in adults, 3) antibacterial agents predominantly used for resistant gram-positive infections in adults, 4) narrow-spectrum beta-lactam agents in adults, 5) antibacterial agents predominantly used for extensive antibiotic resistant gram-negative bacteria in adults, and 6) total antibacterial agents.