A Role for Antimicrobial Stewardship in Clinical Sepsis Pathways: A Prospective Interventional Study

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 38, Issue 9, 2017, Pages 1032-1038

  Burston, John ^a,b   Adhikari, Suman ^a,b   Hayen, Andrew ^b,c   Doolan, Heather ^a   Kelly, Melissa L ^a,b   Fu, Kathy ^a,b   Jensen, Tomas O ^a,b   Konecny, Pamela ^a,b  

^a ST GEORGE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

AGED; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ANTIMICROBIAL STEWARDSHIP; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVENTION STUDY; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEPSIS; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DRUG UTILIZATION; HEALTH SERVICE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW SOUTH WALES; PROCEDURES; TERTIARY CARE CENTER; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTIMICROBIAL STEWARDSHIP; DRUG UTILIZATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL OVERUSE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW SOUTH WALES; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEPSIS; TERTIARY CARE CENTERS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 85023188480     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: 15596834     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/ice.2017.139     Document Type: Article

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