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September 10, 2025Antimicrobial Stewardship & Healthcare EpidemiologyOpen Access

Assessment of antibiotic prescribing quality through repeated point prevalence surveys in a Malaysian teaching hospital

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NANurul AdillaHJHishamuddin JamaluddinIMIsa Naina Mohamed

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Overview

Point prevalence surveys evaluated antibiotic use and prescribing quality in inpatients, highlighting AMS challenges.

Key Points

  • Prescribing patterns showed no significant changes, with antibiotic use at 44.1% in 2019 and 42.3% in 2022.
  • Compliance with guidelines significantly improved (p<0.006) alongside appropriate prescribing (p<0.002) in 2022.
  • Inappropriate prescribing was linked to poor documentation of antibiotic indications, with an adjusted OR of 3.67.
  • Despite some improvements, unnecessary broad-spectrum antibiotic prescriptions rose significantly from 23.1% to 48%.

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Adilla et al. (2025) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/68c23b4ab210217d64783c71https://doi.org/10.1017/ash.2025.154
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