The impact of a multidisciplinary antimicrobial stewardship team on the timeliness of antimicrobial therapy in patients with positive blood cultures: A randomized controlled trial

Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy

Volumn 71, Issue 11, 2016, Pages 3276-3283

  Cairns, Kelly A ^a,b   Doyle, Joseph S ^b   Trevillyan, Janine M ^b   Horne, Kylie ^c   Stuart, Rhonda L ^b,c   Bushett, Nicole ^c   Yong, Michelle K ^b   Kelley, Peter G ^b   Dooley, Michael J ^a,b   Cheng, Allen C ^b,d  

^a Pharmacy Department Austin Halth   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c SOUTHERN HEALTH   (Australia)

^d ALFRED HEALTH   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; AMPICILLIN; AZITHROMYCIN; CEFALEXIN; CEFAZOLIN; CEFEPIME; CEFTAZIDIME; CEFTRIAXONE; CEFUROXIME; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLINDAMYCIN; DOXYCYCLINE; ERTAPENEM; FLUCLOXACILLIN; GENTAMICIN; LINCOMYCIN; MEROPENEM; METRONIDAZOLE; NORFLOXACIN; PENICILLIN G; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM; TEICOPLANIN; TRIMETHOPRIM; VANCOMYCIN; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIMICROBIAL THERAPY; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BLOOD CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH PROGRAM; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TIME TO TREATMENT; DRUG UTILIZATION; HOSPITAL; MIDDLE AGED; SEPSIS; STANDARDS; TIME FACTOR; VERY ELDERLY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; AUSTRALIA; BLOOD CULTURE; DRUG UTILIZATION; FEMALE; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEPSIS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84994493724     PISSN: 03057453     EISSN: 14602091     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jac/dkw285     Document Type: Article

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