Development and Application of an Antibiotic Spectrum Index for Benchmarking Antibiotic Selection Patterns Across Hospitals

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 38, Issue 8, 2017, Pages 993-997

  Gerber, Jeffrey S ^a,b   Hersh, Adam L ^c   Kronman, Matthew P ^d   Newland, Jason G ^e   Ross, Rachael K ^a   Metjian, Talene A ^a  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d SEATTLE CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ANTIBIOTIC SELECTION; ANTIBIOTIC SPECTRUM INDEX; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; APPENDECTOMY; BENCHMARKING; BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION; CHILD; COMMUNITY ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA; CONFERENCE PAPER; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; DRUG USE; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; SKIN INFECTION; SOFT TISSUE INFECTION; TREATMENT DURATION; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIMICROBIAL STEWARDSHIP; BACTERIAL PNEUMONIA; COMMUNITY ACQUIRED INFECTION; PROCEDURES; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTIMICROBIAL STEWARDSHIP; BENCHMARKING; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; PNEUMONIA, BACTERIAL;

EID: 85020070400     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: 15596834     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/ice.2017.94     Document Type: Conference Paper

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