Appointment of Antimicrobial Medications in a Hospital Depending on the Results of Microbiological Monitoring of HAI

Abstract

One of the tasks of the hospital-s clinical pharmacologists service is to continuously monitor the consumption of antimicrobial drugs (DDD analysis) depending on the microbiological and epidemiological situation in the hospital. This is necessary for the implementation of various medical programs and technologies aimed at reducing the selection pressure of antimicrobial drugs and reducing the risk of the emergence, accumulation, and spread of bacteria strains with multiple and/or extreme drug resistance to these drugs in the hospital environment. To date, some medical institutions, especially in the various regions of the Russian Federation, do not have a proper team of clinical pharmacologists and a modern, well-equipped and computerized microbiological laboratory. This does not allow full implementation of the above-mentioned programs in such hospitals, e. g. Antimicrobial therapy monitoring system — SСAT and technologies, e. g. «carbapenem-preserving technologies» and «microbiological monitoring».