Design of a 'day 3 bundle' to improve the reassessment of inpatient empirical antibiotic prescriptions

Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy

Volumn 61, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1384-1388

  Pulcini, Céline ^a,b   Defres, Sylviane ^c   Aggarwal, Ila ^c   Nathwani, Dilip ^c   Davey, Peter ^b,c  

^a CENTRE HOSPITALIER UNIVERSITAIRE DE NICE   (France)

^b Informatics Section   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Antibiotic therapy; Hospital infections; Indicator; Medical decision making; Prescribing practice; Quality assurance; Switch therapy

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INTERVENTION STUDY; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; PRESCRIPTION; RELIABILITY;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; CROSS INFECTION; DECISION MAKING, ORGANIZATIONAL; HEALTH SERVICES; HOSPITALIZATION; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; THERAPEUTICS;

EID: 44449128887     PISSN: 03057453     EISSN: 14602091     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jac/dkn113     Document Type: Article

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