Implementation of intravenous to oral antibiotic switch therapy guidelines in the general medical wards of a tertiary-level hospital in South Africa

Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy

Volumn 67, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 756-762

  van Niekerk, Anida C ^a   Venter, Daniel J L ^a   Boschmans, Shirley Anne ^a  

^a NELSON MANDELA METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Antibiotic guidelines; Developing country; Interventions; Ward pharmacists

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; AMPICILLIN; CEFAZOLIN; CEFTRIAXONE; CEFUROXIME;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DRUG DOSAGE FORM COMPARISON; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INCIDENCE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LENGTH OF STAY; LOWER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHARMACIST; PHYSICIAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROCESS DEVELOPMENT; SOUTH AFRICA; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; TREATMENT DURATION; WARD;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; CROSS INFECTION; DRUG THERAPY; FEMALE; GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; INFUSIONS, INTRAVENOUS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SOUTH AFRICA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84856952267     PISSN: 03057453     EISSN: 14602091     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jac/dkr526     Document Type: Article

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