Effect of tailored antibiotic stewardship programmes on the appropriateness of antibiotic prescribing in nursing homes

Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy

Volumn 70, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 2153-2162

  Van Buul, Laura W ^a   Van Der Steen, Jenny T ^a   Achterberg, Wilco P ^b   Schellevis, François G ^a,c   Essink, Rob T G M ^d   De Greeff, Sabine C ^e   Natsch, Stephanie ^f   Sloane, Philip D ^g,h   Zimmerman, Sheryl ^g   Twisk, Jos W R ^a   Veenhuizen, Ruth B ^a   Hertogh, Cees M P M ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^d Dutch Institute for Rational Use of Medicine   (Netherlands)

^e NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

^f RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^g UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Appropriateness of prescribing decisions; Guideline adherent antibiotic selection; Participatory action research

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ACTION RESEARCH; ADULT; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DRUG USE; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FEMALE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERVENTION STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NETHERLANDS; NURSING HOME; PHYSICIAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRESCRIPTION; QUASI EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; SKIN INFECTION; SOCIAL ASPECT; TREATMENT WITHDRAWAL; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

EID: 84936939250     PISSN: 03057453     EISSN: 14602091     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jac/dkv051     Document Type: Article

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