Systematic Review of Antimicrobial Drug Prescribing in Hospitals

Systematic Review of Antimicrobial Drug Prescribing in Hospitals

Prudent prescribing of antimicrobial drugs to hospital inpatients may reduce incidences of antimicrobial drug resistance and healthcare-associated infection. We reviewed the literature from January 1980 to November 2003 to identify rigorous evaluations of interventions to improve hospital prescribin...

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Main Authors: Peter Davey, Erwin Brown, Lynda Fenelon, Roger Finch, Ian Gould, Alison Holmes, Craig Ramsay, Eric Taylor, Phil Wiffen, Mark Wilcox
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2006-02-01
Series:Emerging Infectious Diseases
Subjects:
Antimicrobial drug policy
antimicrobial drug resistance
Clostridium difficile
hospital-acquired infection
systematic review
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Online Access:https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/12/2/05-0145_article

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