An antimicrobial stewardship program improves antimicrobial treatment by culture site and the quality of antimicrobial prescribing in critically ill patients

Critical Care

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2012, Pages

  Katsios, Christina M ^a   Burry, Lisa ^b   Nelson, Sandra ^b   Jivraj, Tanaz ^b   Lapinsky, Stephen E ^c   Wax, Randy S ^d   Christian, Michael ^c   Mehta, Sangeeta ^c   Bell, Chaim M ^c   Morris, Andrew M ^c  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIMICROBIAL STEWARDSHIP PROGRAM; ANTIMICROBIAL THERAPY; ARTICLE; AXENIC CULTURE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; COST CONTROL; CRITICAL ILLNESS; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; DEMOGRAPHY; DRUG COST; DRUG INDICATION; DRUG USE; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MICROBIAL COLONIZATION; MICROBIAL CONTAMINATION; PATIENT DECISION MAKING; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TREATMENT DURATION; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; ECONOMICS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

AGED; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; CONTROLLED BEFORE-AFTER STUDIES; CRITICAL ILLNESS; DRUG COSTS; DRUG PRESCRIPTIONS; DRUG UTILIZATION REVIEW; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84868222481     PISSN: 13648535     EISSN: 1466609X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/cc11854     Document Type: Article

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