Hospital antibiotic management in Slovenia - Results of the ABS maturity survey of the ABS International group

Wiener Klinische Wochenschrift

Volumn 120, Issue 9-10, 2008, Pages 316-320

  Čižman, Milan ^a   Bajec, Tom ^b   Šibanc, Branko ^c   Pal, Emil ^d   Gorišek, Jelka Reberšek ^a   Remec, Tatjana ^d   Štefančič, Metka ^d   Martinčič, Tatjana ^d   Najdenov, Brigita ^d   Strancar, Katja ^d   Salemovič, Danilo ^d   Bogovič, Metka ^d   Ovnič, Alenka ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTRE LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

^b Tim and Tom Company   (Slovenia)

^c General and Teaching Hospital Celje   (Slovenia)

^d General Hospital Ptuj   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Antibiotic stewardship; Drug prescribing; Hospital antibiotic consumption; Infectious disease specialists; Pharmacoepidemiology

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DATA ANALYSIS; DRUG USE; GENERAL HOSPITAL; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SURVEY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCORING SYSTEM; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; CROSS INFECTION; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SLOVENIA;

EID: 45349105130     PISSN: 00435325     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00508-008-0976-7     Document Type: Article

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