The use of best practice alerts with the development of an antimicrobial stewardship navigator to promote antibiotic De-escalation in the electronic medical record

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 34, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 1259-1265

  Schulz, Lucas ^a   Osterby, Kurt ^a   Fox, Barry ^b  

^a University of Wisconsin Health   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINOGLYCOSIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEFEPIME; CEFOXITIN; CEFPODOXIME; CEFTAZIDIME; CEFTRIAXONE; CEFUROXIME; CILASTATIN PLUS IMIPENEM; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLINDAMYCIN; DAPTOMYCIN; DICLOXACILLIN; DOXYCYCLINE; ERTAPENEM; FOSFOMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; LEVOFLOXACIN; LINEZOLID; MEROPENEM; METRONIDAZOLE; MOXIFLOXACIN; NITROFURANTOIN; OXACILLIN; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM; TETRACYCLINE; TIGECYCLINE; TOBRAMYCIN; UNINDEXED DRUG; VANCOMYCIN;

ARTICLE; BLOODSTREAM INFECTION; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); DE ESCALATION; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; DRUG DOSE ESCALATION; DRUG USE; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; HEALTH CARE PRACTICE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PHARMACOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; PNEUMONIA;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS, CLINICAL; DRUG THERAPY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORDS; HUMANS; MEDICAL ORDER ENTRY SYSTEMS; PILOT PROJECTS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; SOFTWARE;

EID: 84887576360     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/673977     Document Type: Article

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