Duration of Antibiotic Therapy for General Medicine and General Surgery Patients Throughout Transitions of Care: An Antibiotic Stewardship Opportunity for Noninfectious Disease Pharmacists

Duration of Antibiotic Therapy for General Medicine and General Surgery Patients Throughout Transitions of Care: An Antibiotic Stewardship Opportunity for Noninfectious Disease Pharmacists

Background: Overuse of antibiotics from the inpatient to outpatient setting is an antibiotic stewardship initiative where noninfectious disease (ID) pharmacists can have a large impact. Our purpose was to evaluate antibiotic durations across transitions of care from the inpatient to outpatient setti...

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Main Authors: Brower, K.I (Author), Gerlach, A.T (Author), Goff, D.A (Author), Hecke, A. (Author), Mangino, J.E (Author)
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publications Ltd 2021
Subjects:
adult
antibiotic agent
antibiotic therapy
anti-infectives
antimicrobial stewardship
Article
bacterium culture
clinical services
cohort analysis
community acquired pneumonia
controlled study
female
general practice
general surgery
hospital acquired pneumonia
hospital care
hospital patient
human
infectious diseases
major clinical study
male
outcome assessment
outpatient care
outpatient department
pharmacist
practice guideline
prescription
retrospective study
treatment duration
treatment indication
university hospital
urinary tract infection
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