Objectives: The number of defined daily doses (DDD) per 100 patient days is often used as
an indicator for the selection pressure exerted by antibiotics in the hospital setting. However …

Background: Hospital antibiotic use can be measured by calculating daily doses as defined
by the WHO/ATC index (DDD) divided by the number of patient or occupied bed days. We …

Objectives Although antibiotic use and resistance are low in Norway, the situation risks
changing for the worse. We investigated trends in antibiotic use and assessed them in …

Objectives: The aim of this study was to establish whether there was a relationship between
the number of antibacterial agents used and total antibiotic use in European hospitals …

Objectives To report and analyse trends in antibiotic use in Dutch university hospitals, large
teaching hospitals and general hospitals over the period 2003 to 2009. Methods Data on the …

Objectives To investigate effects on surveillance results of hospital antibiotic use when WHO
defined daily doses (WHO DDDs) are adjusted to doses recommended for hospitalized …

Background: Reports on antibiotic use often lack complete definitions of the units of
measurement, hampering the comparison of data between hospitals or hospital units …

Background Surveillance data of antibiotic use are increasingly being used for
benchmarking purposes, but there is a lack of studies dealing with how hospital-and patient …

Hospitals in France are encouraged to monitor antibiotic consumption (AbC) and it is known
that this differs among hospitals. The aim of the current study was to identify relevant and …

Background: For several years now, the French national recommendations have been trying
to set up a surveillance system in hospitals to link data on antibiotic resistance and data on …