Antimicrobial stewardship: What's it all about?

Australian Prescriber

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 116-120

  McKenzie, Duncan ^a   Rawlins, Matthew ^b   Del Mar, Chris ^c  

^a ROYAL HOBART HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b ROYAL PERTH HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c BOND UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Antibiotic resistance

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BETA LACTAMASE INHIBITOR; CEFTRIAXONE; CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE; LINCOSAMIDE DERIVATIVE; MACROLIDE; MEROPENEM; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; TETRACYCLINE DERIVATIVE; TRIMETHOPRIM;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ANTIMICROBIAL STEWARDSHIP; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE INFECTION; COMMUNITY; COMPUTER ASSISTED DRUG THERAPY; CONSULTATION; COST CONTROL; DIARRHEA; DRUG COST; DRUG USE; ELECTRONIC PRESCRIBING; HAND WASHING; HEALTH PROGRAM; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; NAUSEA; PATIENT EDUCATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; STAFF TRAINING; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION; THRUSH; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION;

EID: 84881077548     PISSN: 03128008     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.18773/austprescr.2013.045     Document Type: Article

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