• Huaguang Wang, Han Wang, Xiaojia Yu, Hong Zhou, Boyu Li, Gang Chen, Zhikang Ye, Ying Wang, Xiangli Cui, Yunying Zheng, Rui Zhao, Hui Yang, Zihui Wang, Peng Wang, Chunxia Yang, and Lihong Liu.
• Beijing Chaoyang Hospital, Capital University of Medical Sciences, Beijing, China.
• BMJ Open. 2019 Aug 2; 9 (8): e026072.

Objectives'National Special Stewardship in the Clinical Use of Antibiotics' was put forward in July 2011 in China. We aimed to retrospectively evaluate the impact of antimicrobial stewardship (AMS) managed by clinical pharmacists on antibiotic utilisation, prophylaxis and antimicrobial resistance (AMR).DesignThis was a retrospective observational study of trends in antibiotic use and AMR in the context of AMS.SettingBeijing Chaoyang Hospital, a 1400-bed tertiary hospital, in China.Data And ParticipantsAntibiotic prescriptions from 820 doctors included all outpatients (n=17 766 637) and inpatients (n=376 627) during 2010-2016. Bacterial resistance data were from all inpatients (n=350 699) during 2011-2016.InterventionsMultiaspect intervention measures were implemented by clinical pharmacists (13 persons), for example, formulating the activity programme and performance management, advising on antibacterial prescriptions and training.Outcome MeasuresThe proportion of antibiotic prescriptions among outpatients and inpatients, intensity of consumption in defined daily dose (DDD)/100 bed-days, antibiotic prophylaxis in type I incision operations and resistance rates of Escherichia coli, Klebsiella pneumoniae and Pseudomonas aeruginosa were retrospectively analysed.ResultsThe proportion of antibiotic prescriptions decreased in outpatients (from 19.38% to 13.21%) and in inpatients (from 64.34% to 34.65%), the intensity of consumption dropped from 102.46 to 37.38 DDD/100 bed-days. The proportion of antibiotic prophylaxis decreased from 98.94% to 18.93%. The proportion of rational timing of initial dose increased from 71.11% to 96.74%, the proportion of rational duration rose from 2.84% to 42.63%. Time series analysis demonstrated the resistance rates of E. coli and P. aeruginosa to fluoroquinolones decreased, the incidence rate of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus also decreased, whereas the resistance rates of E. coli and K. pneumoniae to carbapenems increased. The antibiotic use was partly positively correlated with AMR.ConclusionsAMS had an important role in reducing antibiotic use and surgical antibiotic prophylaxis. The AMR was positively correlated with antibiotic consumption to some extent.© Author(s) (or their employer(s)) 2019. Re-use permitted under CC BY-NC. No commercial re-use. See rights and permissions. Published by BMJ.

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