Hospital antibiotic use and its relationship to age-adjusted comorbidity and alcohol-based hand rub consumption

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 142, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 404-408

  Aldeyab, M A ^a,b   McElnay, J C ^a   Scott, M G ^b   Elhajji, F W Darwish ^c   Kearney, M P ^b  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^b NORTHERN HEALTH AND SOCIAL CARE TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c APPLIED SCIENCE PRIVATE UNIVERSITY   (Jordan)

Author keywords

Age adjusted co morbidity; alcohol based hand rub; antibiotic use; benchmarking; time series analysis

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE; QUINOLONE DERIVATIVE; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; HAND SANITIZER;

ADULT; AGE; AGE ADJUSTED COMORBIDITY; AGED; ALCOHOL BASED HAND RUB; ANTIBIOTIC USE; ARTICLE; AUTOREGRESSIVE INTEGRATED MOVING AVERAGE MODEL; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE INFECTION; COMORBIDITY; DRUG USE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HOSPITAL CARE; HUMAN; INFECTION; INFECTION CONTROL; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; UNITED KINGDOM; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; CROSS INFECTION; HAND WASHING; HOSPITAL; MIDDLE AGED; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; COMORBIDITY; CROSS INFECTION; HAND HYGIENE; HAND SANITIZERS; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84894352233     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: 14694409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0950268813001052     Document Type: Article

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