Objectives: The objective was to evaluate the good use of fluoroquinolones in a hospital with a relevance review in the context of an approach to evaluation of professional practices at the regional level initiated by the Antibiolor network.
Method: In February 2008, in each volunteer service, practitioners filled out a standardized form indicating indication, the name of the fluoroquinolone, route of administration and duration of treatment, retrospectively from 20 medical records on the last 3 months. Each one was analyzed by a binomial (doctors and pharmacists) according to the local Antibioguide. The degree of compliance requirements has been appreciated by a global index of adequacy of therapeutic consisting of six criteria.
Results: Eighteen units of Nancy's hospital filled 475 cards. The most frequent indications were pulmonary infections (38 %; 181/475) and urinary (23 %; 111/475). The fluoroquinolone indication was non-conform for 28 % of the cards (133/475). When the fluoroquinolone indication was justified, the association with another antibiotic was considered non-compliant in 20 % of cases (70/342), the choice of the molecule in 18 % (62/342), duration of treatment in 17 % (57/342), the dose in 13 % (45/342) and route of administration in 9 % (30/342). The requirements were entirely conform in 34 % of cases (160/475).
Conclusion: The results were communicated to each participating service with corrective actions and then this experience has been repeated in May 2009.
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