A National Survey of Critical Care Physicians' Knowledge, Attitudes, and Perceptions of Antimicrobial Stewardship Programs

Journal of Intensive Care Medicine

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 61-65

  Steinberg, Marilyn ^a   Dresser, Linda D ^b,c   Daneman, Nick ^d,e,f   Smith, Orla M ^g   Matte, Andrea ^b   Marinoff, Nicole ^e   Bell, Chaim M ^a,d,f   Morris, Andrew M ^a,b,d  

^a MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^e SUNNYBROOK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^f INSTITUTE FOR CLINICAL EVALUATIVE SCIENCES   (Canada)

^g ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

antimicrobial stewardship; attitudes; critical care; knowledge; perceptions; survey

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIMICROBIAL STEWARDSHIP PROGRAM; ARTICLE; CANADA; CONSCIOUSNESS; CONTENT VALIDITY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTENSIVIST; KNOWLEDGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL SOCIETY; PATIENT CARE; PERCEPTION; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; DRUG UTILIZATION REVIEW; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; PHYSICIAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROTOCOL COMPLIANCE; REPRODUCIBILITY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CANADA; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; CRITICAL CARE; DRUG UTILIZATION REVIEW; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; PHYSICIANS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 84951115347     PISSN: 08850666     EISSN: 15251489     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0885066614541922     Document Type: Article

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