Development of quality indicators for antimicrobial treatment in adults with sepsis

BMC Infectious Diseases

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  van den Bosch, Caroline M A ^a   Hulscher, Marlies E J L ^b   Natsch, Stephanie ^b   Gyssens, Inge C ^b,c,d   Prins, Jan M ^a   Geerlings, Suzanne E ^a   Bax, H I ^e   Schippers, E F ^e   Van Assen, S ^e   Ang, C W ^e   Sturm, P ^e   Van der Meer, Y G ^e   Boermeester, M A ^e   Schouten, J A ^e   Pickkers, P ^e   Janssen, J J W M ^e   Blijlevens, N M A ^e   Juffermans, N P ^e  

^a ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c CANISIUS WILHELMINA HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^d HASSELT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^e Department of Medical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases Canisius Wilhelmina Ziekenhuis ^*

Author keywords

Antimicrobial treatment; Appropriate antibiotic use; Appropriate antimicrobial use; Quality improvement; Quality indicator; Sepsis

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DELPHI STUDY; DRUG USE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; PANEL STUDY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); SEPSIS; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; DELPHI TECHNIQUE; HUMANS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESEARCH DESIGN; SEPSIS;

EID: 84902720133     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2334-14-345     Document Type: Article

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