Prospective audit and feedback in antimicrobial stewardship: Is there value in early reviewing within 48 h of antibiotic prescription?

International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 168-173

  Liew, Yi Xin ^a   Lee, Winnie ^a   Tay, Daniel ^a   Tang, Sarah Si Lin ^a   Chua, Nathalie Grace Sy ^a   Zhou, Yvonne ^a   Kwa, Andrea Lay Hoon ^a,b   Chlebicki, Maciej Piotr ^a  

^a SINGAPORE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Antibiotic prescription; Antimicrobial stewardship; Safety

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CARBAPENEM; CEFEPIME; CIPROFLOXACIN; ERTAPENEM; IMIPENEM; MEROPENEM; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

AGED; ANTIMICROBIAL STEWARDSHIP PROGRAM; ARTICLE; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE INFECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA EXTRACTION; DEMOGRAPHY; EARLY INTERVENTION; FEMALE; GENERAL HOSPITAL; HEALTH PROGRAM; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; METHODOLOGY; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SAFETY; PRESCRIPTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REINFECTION; SINGAPORE; TREATMENT DURATION; DRUG USE; EMPIRICAL RESEARCH; MIDDLE AGED;

AGED; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; DRUG PRESCRIPTIONS; DRUG UTILIZATION REVIEW; EMPIRICAL RESEARCH; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SINGAPORE;

EID: 84921475914     PISSN: 09248579     EISSN: 18727913     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijantimicag.2014.10.018     Document Type: Article

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