Antibiotic use: How to improve it?

International Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 300, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 351-356

  Hulscher, Marlies E J L ^a   van der Meer, Jos W M ^a   Grol, Richard P T M ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Antibiotic use; Determinants; Improvement programmes

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ASTHMA; BACTERIAL SKIN DISEASE; BRONCHITIS; DISINFECTION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG USE; ERYSIPELAS; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; GENERAL PRACTICE; HAND WASHING; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; KNOWLEDGE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL PERSONNEL; OTITIS MEDIA; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT MONITORING; PHYSICIAN; PNEUMONIA; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; SHORT SURVEY; SINUSITIS; SOCIOLOGY; SORE THROAT; TONSILLITIS; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; VIRUS INFECTION;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; GOVERNMENT PROGRAMS; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS;

EID: 77955558094     PISSN: 14384221     EISSN: 16180607     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijmm.2010.04.003     Document Type: Short Survey

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