Impact of a training intervention on use of antimicrobials in teaching hospitals

Journal of Infection in Developing Countries

Volumn 3, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 447-451

  Akter, Seikh Farid Uddin ^a   Heller, Richard D ^b   Smith, Anthony J ^c   Milly, Afia F ^d  

^a INTERNATIONAL ISLAMIC UNIVERSITY MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^b Centre for Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^d RESEARCH AND EVALUATION DIVISION   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial use; Bangladesh; Intervention; Teaching hospitals

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; AMPICILLIN; CEFTRIAXONE; CLOXACILLIN; GENTAMICIN;

ANTIMICROBIAL THERAPY; ARTICLE; BANGLADESH; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; HUMAN; INFECTION; INTERVENTION STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; PNEUMONIA; PRESCRIPTION; TEACHING HOSPITAL; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE;

EID: 73249143023     PISSN: 20366590     EISSN: 19722680     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3855/jidc.416     Document Type: Article

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