Quality improvement of surgical prophylaxis in Dutch hospitals: Evaluation of a multi-site intervention by time series analysis

Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy

Volumn 56, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1094-1102

  van Kasteren, Marjo E E ^a   Mannien, Judith ^b   Kullberg, Bart Jan ^a   de Boer, Annette S ^b   Nagelkerke, Nico J ^b   Ridderhof, Marja ^c   Wille, Jan C ^d   Gyssens, Inge C ^c  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

^c ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^d Dutch Institute for Healthcare Improvement CBO   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Antibiotic prophylaxis; Audit; Interrupted time series; Intervention studies; Practice guidelines

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; BETA LACTAM ANTIBIOTIC; CEFAZOLIN; ERYTHROMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST CONTROL; DRUG COST; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; DRUG USE; ELECTIVE SURGERY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL CARE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL AUDIT; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MEDICAL PARAMETERS; MULTICENTER STUDY; NETHERLANDS; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURGICAL INFECTION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; CROSS INFECTION; DRUG UTILIZATION REVIEW; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; NETHERLANDS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

EID: 29444453360     PISSN: 03057453     EISSN: 14602091     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jac/dki374     Document Type: Article

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