Benchmarking antimicrobial drug use at university hospitals in five European countries

Clinical Microbiology and Infection

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 277-283

  Vlahovic Palcevski V ^a   Dumpis, U ^b   Mitt, P ^c   Gulbinovic J ^d,e   Struwe, J ^f,g   Palcevski G ^a   Stimac D ^a   Lagergren, A ^f   Bergman, U ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF RIJEKA   (Croatia)

^b PAULS STRADINS CLINICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Latvia)

^c TARTU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Estonia)

^d VILNIUS UNIVERSITY   (Lithuania)

^e Medical Product Agency   (Sweden)

^f KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^g SWEDISH INSTITUTE FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASE CONTROL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial agents; Benchmarking; European hospitals; Nosocomial infections; Point prevalencesurvey; Prescribing habits

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AMOXICILLIN; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; AMPICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; CEFALEXIN; CEFAZOLIN; CEFEPIME; CEFOTAXIME; CEFOXITIN; CEFTAZIDIME; CEFTRIAXONE; CEFUROXIME; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLARITHROMYCIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; DOXYCYCLINE; ERYTHROMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; MEROPENEM; METRONIDAZOLE; OXACILLIN; PEFLOXACIN; PENICILLIN G; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM; RIFAMPICIN; TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT; UNINDEXED DRUG; VANCOMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROATIA; DRUG USE; ESTONIA; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; LATVIA; LITHUANIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PRESCRIPTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SWEDEN; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

EID: 34247267791     PISSN: 1198743X     EISSN: 14690691     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-0691.2006.01613.x     Document Type: Article

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