Role of the Pharmacist in Antimicrobial Stewardship

Medical Clinics of North America

Volumn 102, Issue 5, 2018, Pages 929-936

  Parente, Diane M ^a   Morton, Jacob ^b  

^a MIRIAM HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b SAINT VINCENT HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial stewardship; Hospital; Long term care; Outpatient; Pharmacist; Pharmacy; Prospective audit with intervention and feedback

Indexed keywords

QUINOLONE DERIVATIVE; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ADVERSE EVENT; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIMICROBIAL STEWARDSHIP; ANTIMICROBIAL THERAPY; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONTINUING EDUCATION; EDUCATION PROGRAM; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; INAPPROPRIATE PRESCRIBING; LEADERSHIP; LONG TERM CARE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL SOCIETY; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PATIENT EDUCATION; PHARMACIST; PHYSICIAN; POINT OF CARE TESTING; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL STANDARD; PROSPECTIVE AUDIT WITH INTERVENTION AND FEEDBACK; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP; REVIEW; ROLE PLAYING; TRANSITIONAL CARE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; AMBULATORY CARE; DRUG EFFECT; MEDICATION THERAPY MANAGEMENT; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT;

AMBULATORY CARE; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; ANTIMICROBIAL STEWARDSHIP; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL; HUMANS; LONG-TERM CARE; MEDICATION RECONCILIATION; PHARMACISTS; PROFESSIONAL ROLE;

EID: 85051654566     PISSN: 00257125     EISSN: 15579859     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mcna.2018.05.009     Document Type: Review

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