Antimicrobial prescribing in Nursing Homes in Northern Ireland: Results of two point-prevalence surveys

Drugs and Aging

Volumn 28, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 819-829

  McClean, Pamela ^a   Tunney, Michael ^a   Gilpin, Deirdre ^a   Parsons, Carole ^a   Hughes, Carmel ^a  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Antibacterials; Drug utilisation; Elderly; Prescribing.

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; BETA LACTAM; CEFALEXIN; NITROFURANTOIN; PENICILLIN G; PSEUDOMONIC ACID; SULFONAMIDE; TRIMETHOPRIM; TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ANTIMICROBIAL THERAPY; ARTICLE; BLADDER CATHETERIZATION; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISORIENTATION; DRUG OVERDOSE; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HOSPITAL BED CAPACITY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; IMMOBILIZATION; INAPPROPRIATE PRESCRIBING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS INFECTION; NURSING HOME; NURSING HOME PATIENT; PRESCRIPTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECOMMENDED DRUG DOSE; RECURRENT INFECTION; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; UNITED KINGDOM; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; URINE INCONTINENCE; WHEELCHAIR; WOUND;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; DATA COLLECTION; DRUG PRESCRIPTIONS; FEMALE; HOMES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; IRELAND; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING HOMES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 80053924060     PISSN: 1170229X     EISSN: 11791969     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2165/11595050-000000000-00000     Document Type: Article

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