Contribution of antimicrobial stewardship programs to reduction of antimicrobial therapy costs in community hospital with 429 Beds --before-after comparative two-year trial in Japan

Table 2 Recommendations based on supplemental elements

Category	Recommendations	Accepted	Accepted rate (%)
Total	465	251	54.0
Optimize dose	162	110	67.9
PK/PD based dose	80	38	47.5
Renal dose adjustments	67	60	89.6
Drug level monitoring	15	12	80.0
De-escalation	208	81	38.9
Other	95	60	63.2
Blood cultures	74	44	59.5
Alternate agents	21	16	76.2

PK/PD: Pharmacokinetic and Pharmacodynamics.
Drug level monitoring: Vancomycin and Aminoglycosides were subject to monitoring.
Blood cultures: Additional blood cultures were recommended verify sterilization.

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