Sustained reduction in antibiotic consumption in a south african public sector hospital: Four-year outcomes from the groote schuur hospital antibiotic stewardship programme

South African Medical Journal

Volumn 107, Issue 2, 2017, Pages 115-118

  Boyles, T H ^a   Naicker, V ^a   Rawoot, N ^a   Raubenheimer, P J ^a   Eick, B ^a   Mendelson, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Antibiotic resistance; Antibiotic stewardship; Medicine; South Africa

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CEFTRIAXONE; CLOXACILLIN; PROCALCITONIN; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; DRUG COST; DRUG MISUSE; HOSPITAL COST; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; LEUKOCYTE DIFFERENTIAL COUNT; MORTALITY RATE; PRESCRIPTION; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; SOUTH AFRICA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; CLINICAL PRACTICE; ECONOMICS; LABORATORY TECHNIQUE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MORTALITY; PROCEDURES; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TEACHING HOSPITAL; UTILIZATION;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; CLINICAL LABORATORY TECHNIQUES; DRUG COSTS; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, CONTINUING; HOSPITALS, PUBLIC; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; MORTALITY; PATIENT READMISSION; PRACTICE PATTERNS, PHYSICIANS'; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 85011995403     PISSN: 02569574     EISSN: 20785135     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7196/SAMJ.2017.v107i2.12067     Document Type: Article

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