Antimicrobial stewardship across 47 South African hospitals: an implementation study

The Lancet Infectious Diseases

Volumn 16, Issue 9, 2016, Pages 1017-1025

  Brink, Adrian J ^a   Messina, Angeliki P ^b   Feldman, Charles ^c   Richards, Guy A ^c   Becker, Piet J ^d   Goff, Debra A ^e   Bauer, Karri A ^e   Nathwani, Dilip ^f   van den Bergh, Dena ^b  

^a MILPARK HOSPITAL   (South Africa)

^b Netcare   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^e THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY WEXNER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; FUNDING; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHARMACIST; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRIVATE HOSPITAL; SOUTH AFRICA; TREATMENT DURATION; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; INFECTION CONTROL; PATIENT CARE; PROCEDURES; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PROTOCOL COMPLIANCE; SUPPLY AND DISTRIBUTION;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PHARMACISTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 84999766459     PISSN: 14733099     EISSN: 14744457     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1473-3099(16)30012-3     Document Type: Article

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