An antibiotic stewardship programme to reduce inappropriate antibiotic prescribing for acute respiratory infections in rural Chinese primary care facilities: study protocol for a clustered randomised controlled trial
Abstract Background Inappropriate prescribing of antibiotics for acute respiratory infections at the primary care level represents the major source of antibiotic misuse in healthcare, and is a major driver for antimicrobial resistance worldwide. In this study we will develop, pilot and evaluate the...
Main Authors: | Chao Zhuo, Xiaolin Wei, Zhitong Zhang, Joseph Paul Hicks, Jinkun Zheng, Zhixu Chen, Victoria Haldane, John Walley, Yubao Guan, Hongyan Xu, Nanshan Zhong |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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BMC
2020-05-01
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Series: | Trials |
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Online Access: | http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13063-020-04303-4 |
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