Understanding antibiotic decision making in surgery—a qualitative analysis

Clinical Microbiology and Infection

Volumn 23, Issue 10, 2017, Pages 752-760

  Charani, E ^a   Tarrant, C ^b   Moorthy, K ^c   Sevdalis, N ^d   Brennan, L ^e   Holmes, A H ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE HEALTHCARE NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^d KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Antibiotic decision making; Antibiotic stewardship; Infection management; Perioperative; Surgery

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DEMOGRAPHY; ENGLAND; ETHNOGRAPHIC RESEARCH; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MEDICAL STUDENT; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; SURGEON; SURGICAL WARD; WORK ENVIRONMENT; ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ANTIMICROBIAL STEWARDSHIP; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DECISION MAKING; INTERVIEW; PROCEDURES; SURGICAL INFECTION; TEACHING HOSPITAL;

ADULT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ANTIMICROBIAL STEWARDSHIP; DECISION MAKING; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; LONDON; SURGEONS; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 85018457253     PISSN: 1198743X     EISSN: 14690691     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cmi.2017.03.013     Document Type: Article

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