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Differences in Antimicrobial Susceptibility Among Hospitals in an Integrated Health System

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Teresa J. Lubowski ,
John L. Woon ,
Patricia Hogan  and
Ching-Chang Hwang
Teresa J. Lubowski*
Affiliation:
Pfizer Inc, New York, New York
John L. Woon
Affiliation:
Pfizer Inc, New York, New York
Patricia Hogan
Affiliation:
Pfizer Inc, New York, New York
Ching-Chang Hwang
Affiliation:
Pfizer Inc, New York, New York
*
Pfizer Inc, 235 East 42nd St, 150/37/3, New York, NY 10017
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Abstract

We evaluated the differences in antimicrobial susceptibility among hospitals in three different integrated healthcare systems. Each system provided antibiogram-susceptibility reports from representative hospitals. Reports were analyzed for statistically significant differences between hospitals in a given system for nine important organisms. We found numerous significant interhospital differences in antimicrobial-susceptibility patterns within health systems. For this reason, the practice of combining antibiotic-susceptibility data into a systemwide antibiogram should be discouraged.

Type
Concise Communication
Information
Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 22 , Issue 6 , June 2001 , pp. 379 - 382
Copyright
Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 2001

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