[Comprehensive management of clinical laboratory for appropriate antimicrobial use].
Accurate diagnosis of infectious diseases is essential for appropriate antimicrobial use. The following five factors should be promoted to accurately diagnose infectious diseases; everyday availability of microbiology laboratory, submitting only appropriate specimens for laboratory examination, providing accurate results to physicians with a rapid turnaround time, and reporting useful information to assist in treatment and delivering educational lectures on clinical microbiology to hospital staff. As a director of a clinical laboratory in a university hospital, I have tackled these issues. Not only laboratory performance and activity, but the information system for healthcare workers were significantly improved. As a result, appropriate antimicrobial use has been achieved in part.
Fujita
Naohisa
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Department of Infection Control and Laboratory Medicine, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, Kyoto 602-8566, Japan. nfujita@koto.kpu-m.ac.jp
D000890:Anti-Infective Agents / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D019411:Clinical Laboratory Techniques; D003141:Communicable Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*; D017723:Drug Utilization Review; D006785:Hospitals, University; D006801:Humans; D007755:Laboratories, Hospital; D013677:Medical Laboratory Science / Q000592:standards; D008828:Microbiological Techniques; D000078329:Workforce
D000890:Anti-Infective Agents