Development of an antibiotic spectrum score based on veterans affairs culture and susceptibility data for the purpose of measuring antibiotic de-escalation: A modified delphi approach

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 35, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 1103-1113

  Madaras Kelly, Karl ^a,b   Jones, Makoto ^c   Remington, Richard ^a,d   Hill, Nicole ^b   Huttner, Benedikt ^c,e   Samore, Matthew ^c  

^a Boise VA Medical Center   (United States)

^b IDAHO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d Quantified Inc   (United States)

^e GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; IMIPENEM; METRONIDAZOLE; TIGECYCLINE; VANCOMYCIN; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ANTIBIOTIC SPECTRUM SCORE; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; DELPHI STUDY; DRUG DOSE REGIMEN; DRUG USE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; PHARMACIST; PHYSICIAN; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ALGORITHM; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; GOVERNMENT; INAPPROPRIATE PRESCRIBING; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TEST; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; UNITED STATES;

ALGORITHMS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; DELPHI TECHNIQUE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INAPPROPRIATE PRESCRIBING; MALE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS;

EID: 84905972598     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/677633     Document Type: Article

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