A Visual Cue based Antibiotic Prescriber Software Application system to minimize the Prescription of Watch and Reserve Group Antibiotics in Hospitals
Abstract
AWaRe classification was introduced by World Health Organization [WHO] in 2017 for minimizing the further emergence and spread of antimicrobial resistance. AWaRe classifies antibiotics into three stewardship groups with traffic signal like colour codes: Access, Watch and Reserve to emphasize the importance of optimal use and potential for antimicrobial resistance. A visual cue based antibiotic prescriber software application system based on AWaRe colour codes will help in enhancing awareness, encourage judicious antibiotic use, and to mitigate the knowledge- behavior gap in antibiotic prescribing. This software will help to minimize the prescription of Watch and Reserve category antibiotics in hospitals and thereby promote the use of Access category antibiotics. Through this the project aims to contribute to the attainment of the WHO target of having 60% of total antibiotic prescriptions to be from the Access category.
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