Assessment of Antimicrobial Utilization Metrics: Days of Therapy Versus Defined Daily Doses and Pharmacy Dispensing Records Versus Nursing Administration Data

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 688-694

  Dalton, Bruce R ^a,b   Sabuda, Deana M ^a   Bresee, Lauren C ^a,b   Conly, John M ^b,c  

^a ALBERTA HEALTH SERVICES   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; ANTIMYCOBACTERIAL AGENT; ANTIPARASITIC AGENT; ANTIVIRUS AGENT; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG UTILIZATION; HOSPITAL PHARMACY; HUMAN; NURSING MANAGEMENT; ALBERTA; CHILD; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DRUG THERAPY; DRUG UTILIZATION REVIEW; HOSPITAL; MEDICAL RECORD; MEDICATION THERAPY MANAGEMENT; PROCEDURES; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

ADULT; ALBERTA; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CHILD; DRUG THERAPY; DRUG UTILIZATION REVIEW; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; MEDICATION THERAPY MANAGEMENT; NURSING RECORDS; PHARMACY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT;

EID: 84994316199     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: 15596834     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/ice.2015.46     Document Type: Article

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