Three staff members are on Antibiotic Stewardship Committee established in April 2022 to construct and carry out an antibiotic stewardship program at Hacettepe Adult and Oncology Hospitals. This committee works under the lead of these staff members.
The main duties of the Antimicrobial Stewardship Committee:
1. The policies and precedures of antibiotic use in the hospital: Development of policies for antibiotic use in the hospital, continous education and training of the personnel about these policies, defining the procedure of antibiotic use and auditing.
2. Monitorization of antibiotic resistance and antibiotic consumption: Restricted reporting of antibiograms, generation of reports of cumulative antibiograms and antibiotic consumption every 6 months and their dissemination, study of the association of antibiotic use and antibiotic resistance, recommendations to the Hospital Pharmacy before antibiotic requests.
3. Surgical Prophylaxis: Updating the prophylactic schemes of surgical procedures with related departments and prevention of prolonged postoperative prophylaxis practice.
The major areas of work: Principles of antibiotic prescription and monitorization of compliance, monitorization of antibiotic resistance patterns and periodical information to the hospital personnel about antibiotic use and the current resistance profiles, education of the personnel for appropriate use of antibiotics, and education of the personnel for appropriate use of antibiotics.