Antimicrobial stewardship in residential aged care facilities: Need and readiness assessment

BMC Infectious Diseases

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Lim, Ching J ^a   Kwong, Megan ^b   Stuart, Rhonda L ^a,c   Buising, Kirsty L ^b,d,e   Friedman, N D ^f   Bennett, Noleen ^g   Cheng, Allen C ^a,f   Peleg, Anton Y ^a,f   Marshall, Caroline ^b,d   Kong, David C M ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c SOUTHERN HEALTH   (Australia)

^d ROYAL MELBOURNE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^e ST VINCENT S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^f Department of Infectious Diseases St Vincent's Hospital ^*  (Australia)

^g Victorian Healthcare Infection Surveillance System (VICNISS) Co ordinating Centre   (Australia)

Author keywords

Antibiotic prescribing; Antibiotic resistance; Antimicrobial stewardship; Qualitative research; Residential care

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; DRUG SURVEILLANCE PROGRAM; DRUG USE; ELDERLY CARE; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; INAPPROPRIATE PRESCRIBING; INFECTION; INFECTION CONTROL; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; NURSE; PHARMACIST; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRESCRIPTION; RESIDENTIAL CARE; WORKLOAD;

ADULT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL; DRUG THERAPY; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; GENERAL PRACTITIONERS; HOMES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; INAPPROPRIATE PRESCRIBING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSES; PERCEPTION;

EID: 84904534634     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2334-14-410     Document Type: Article

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