Antibiotic Review Kit for Hospitals (ARK-Hospital): study protocol for a stepped-wedge cluster-randomised controlled trial

Antibiotic Review Kit for Hospitals (ARK-Hospital): study protocol for a stepped-wedge cluster-randomised controlled trial

Abstract Background To ensure patients continue to get early access to antibiotics at admission, while also safely reducing antibiotic use in hospitals, one needs to target the continued need for antibiotics as more diagnostic information becomes available. UK Department of Health guidance promotes...

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Main Authors: Ann Sarah Walker, Eric Budgell, Magda Laskawiec-Szkonter, Katy Sivyer, Sarah Wordsworth, Jack Quaddy, Marta Santillo, Adele Krusche, Laurence S. J. Roope, Nicole Bright, Fiona Mowbray, Nicola Jones, Kieran Hand, Najib Rahman, Melissa Dobson, Emma Hedley, Derrick Crook, Mike Sharland, Chris Roseveare, F. D. Richard Hobbs, Chris Butler, Louella Vaughan, Susan Hopkins, Lucy Yardley, Timothy E. A. Peto, Martin J. Llewelyn, on behalf of the ARK trial team
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-07-01
Series:Trials
Subjects:
Antibiotic prescribing
Hospitals
Antimicrobial stewardship
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13063-019-3497-y

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