Antibiotic resistance and irrational prescribing in paediatric clinics in Greece

British Journal of Nursing

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 28-33

  Toska, Aikaterini ^a   Geitona, Mary ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PELOPONNESE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Greece; Inappropriate prescribing; Microbial drug resistance; Paediatric care; Paediatric nursing

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; GENERAL HOSPITAL; GREECE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICATION ERROR; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING; PEDIATRIC NURSING; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PROCEDURES; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL; FEMALE; GREECE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HOSPITALS, GENERAL; HOSPITALS, PEDIATRIC; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICATION ERRORS; MIDDLE AGED; PEDIATRIC NURSING; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84920982633     PISSN: 09660461     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.12968/bjon.2015.24.1.28     Document Type: Article

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