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2021 National Healthcare Safety Network antimicrobial use option report
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November 2022
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Description:The 2021 NHSN AU Option Report (2021 AU Report) provides a summary of SAAR distributions and of antibiotic use within each SAAR antimicrobial agent category among adult, pediatric, and neonatal patient care locations (specified below). The report includes data from acute care hospitals that reported at least 9 months of data in 2021 from SAAR locations:1,773 hospitals reporting eligible adult SAAR locations, 341 reporting pediatric SAAR locations, and 649 reporting neonatal SAAR locations. The distributions of SAARs can help inform stewardship efforts by enabling hospitals to see how their SAARs compare with the national distribution. For 2021, distributions of SAARs calculated at the state level were added to the 2021 AU Report data tables. Facilities can use the distributions as one of the considerations to set facilityspecific targets when using the NHSN Targeted Assessment for Antimicrobial Stewardship (TAS) Strategy. The percentage of AU by class and drug within a SAAR antimicrobial agent category provides insight into prescribing practices across differing patient locations such as medical critical care units (ICUs) compared to medical wards. Facilities may evaluate these usage patterns in context of their local treatment guidelines, antimicrobial resistance rates, and formulary. For more information and resources related to TAS, refer to the TAS guide.
Suggested citation: CDC. 2021 National Healthcare Safety Network Antimicrobial Use Option Report. Atlanta, GA: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, CDC; 2022. Available at: https://www.cdc.gov/nhsn/pdfs/datastat/2021-AU-Report-508.pdf
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