A Strategy for Reduction of Antibiotic Use in New Patients Admitted to a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit

A Strategy for Reduction of Antibiotic Use in New Patients Admitted to a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit

In order to reduce the unnecessary use of and provide appropriate guidance for the administration of antibiotics, the neonatal bacterial infections screening score (NBISS) was developed to assess each new patient that is admitted to the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU). Methods: NBISS was designe...

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Main Authors: Yung-Ning Yang, Hsing-I Tseng, San-Nan Yang, Chu-Chong Lu, Hsiu-Lin Chen, Ching-Ju Chen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2012-08-01
Series:Pediatrics and Neonatology
Subjects:
antibiotics
healthcare costs
neonatal intensive care unit
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1875957212000757

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