Effect of a 5-year multidisciplinary collaborative program on antibiotic consumption in an acute geriatric ward [15]

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 145-147

  Schoevaerdts, Didier ^a   Glupczynski, Youri ^a   Delaere, Benedicte ^a   Hecq, Jean Daniel ^a   Swine, Christian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DRUG DOSE REGIMEN; DRUG SURVEILLANCE PROGRAM; DRUG UTILIZATION; GERIATRIC CARE; GERIATRIC HOSPITAL; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; INFECTION; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION CONTROL PRACTITIONER; INFECTION PREVENTION; LETTER; PRESCRIPTION;

AGED; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; DRUG UTILIZATION REVIEW; FLUOROQUINOLONES; GERIATRICS; HOSPITAL UNITS; HUMANS; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS;

EID: 33846016585     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2006.01029.x     Document Type: Letter

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