Effect of an antibiotic checklist on length of hospital stay and appropriate antibiotic use in adult patients treated with intravenous antibiotics: a stepped wedge cluster randomized trial

Clinical Microbiology and Infection

Volumn 23, Issue 7, 2017, Pages 485.e1-485.e8

  van Daalen, F V ^a   Prins, J M ^a   Opmeer, B C ^b   Boermeester, M A ^b   Visser, C E ^b   van Hest, R M ^b   Branger, J ^c   Mattsson, E ^c   van de Broek, M F M ^c   Roeleveld, T C ^c   Karimbeg, A A ^c   Haak, E A F ^c   van den Hout, H C ^c   van Agtmael, M A ^d   Hulscher, M E J L ^e   Geerlings, S E ^a  

^a Center for Infection and Immunity Amsterdam   (Netherlands)

^b ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c Department of Internal Medicine ^*  (Netherlands)

^d VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^e RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Antibiotic checklist; Antibiotic stewardship; Appropriate antibiotic use; Cluster randomized trial; Quality improvement; Quality indicators

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

AGED; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CHECKLIST; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; DRUG USE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; SURGICAL WARD; THERAPY EFFECT; TOOL USE; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG UTILIZATION; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; NETHERLANDS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADMINISTRATION, INTRAVENOUS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; DRUG UTILIZATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85014067216     PISSN: 1198743X     EISSN: 14690691     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cmi.2017.01.019     Document Type: Article

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