Sustained impact of a computer-assisted antimicrobial stewardship intervention on antimicrobial use and length of stay

Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy

Volumn 72, Issue 3, 2017, Pages 933-940

  Nault, Vincent ^a   Pepin, Jacques ^a   Beaudoin, Mathieu ^a   Perron, Julie ^b   Moutquin, Jean Marie ^a   Valiquette, Louis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

^b CENTRE HOSPITALIER UNIVERSITAIRE DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ADULT; CLINICAL DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COHORT ANALYSIS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INAPPROPRIATE PRESCRIBING; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; PHARMACIST; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADULT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; COHORT STUDIES; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS, CLINICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INAPPROPRIATE PRESCRIBING; INTERRUPTED TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; PHARMACISTS; PRACTICE PATTERNS, PHYSICIANS'; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 85031043629     PISSN: 03057453     EISSN: 14602091     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jac/dkw468     Document Type: Article

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