A nurse-led antimicrobial stewardship intervention in two residential aged care facilities

Healthcare Infection

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 4-6

  Stuart, Rhonda L ^a,b   Orr, Elizabeth ^a   Kotsanas, Despina ^a   Gillespie, Elizabeth E ^a  

^a SOUTHERN HEALTH   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; CEFALEXIN; CLINDAMYCIN; DOXYCYCLINE; FLUCLOXACILLIN; METRONIDAZOLE; ROXITHROMYCIN; TRIMETHOPRIM;

AGED; ARTICLE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION PREVENTION; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; NURSE CONSULTANT; PILOT STUDY; RESIDENTIAL AGED CARE FACILITY; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; SEPSIS; SKIN INFECTION; SOFT TISSUE INFECTION; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

EID: 84923914683     PISSN: 18355617     EISSN: 18355625     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/HI14016     Document Type: Article

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