Forty-two autopsy reports were available for review, three histologic and microbiological reports were missing.
Subjects whose urine microbiological report was abnormal were asked to return to the unit for a repeat midstream urine collection and culture.
In this system, patient census data, antibiotic prescriptions, individual antibiotic treatment, infectious disease consultancy reports, laboratory data, microbiological results, vital signs, surgical reports, and radiology reports are integrated.
Cases lacking a microbiological BAL report were excluded.
The manual screening for criteria e and f was performed approximately 2 weeks after discharge of the patient, when results of microbiological cultures were known and radiology reports were accessible.
Microbiological reports from 2009 to 2012 were used to assess the non-susceptibility rates of the three most common isolates from six major types of infections (bloodstream, ear-eye-nose-throat, surgical site, skin and soft tissue, urinary tract and wound infection).
All microbiological reports on bacterial pathogens between January 2009 and September 2012 were included.
Information on pathogens (with subtypes) and resistance patterns are obtained from the microbiological reports sent to the BC registry.
The ESBL-positive and ESBL-negative groups were defined according to the microbiological reports.
Two GERB-based computer applications were developed: local resistance maps (LRMs) and preliminary microbiological reports with therapeutic recommendation (PMRTRs).
