Antimicrobial stewardship though FeverPAIN score: Successes and challenges in secondary care

This study intended to reduce prescriptions of antimicrobials for pharyngitis in a district general emergency department. “FeverPAIN” score has been found to reduce prescribing by 30%.Prescribing behaviours were examined in 2 separate periods before and after clinician education.The ‘no prescription...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Matthew Flynn, Gina Hooper
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2020-10-01
Series:Clinical Infection in Practice
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S259017022030011X