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Measuring Antibiotic Appropriateness for Urinary Tract Infections in Nursing Home Residents

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العنوان: Measuring Antibiotic Appropriateness for Urinary Tract Infections in Nursing Home Residents
المؤلفون: Tory Whitten, Deborah L. Thompson, Taniece Eure, Linn Warnke, Gail Quinlan, Ghinwa Dumyati, Lisa LaPlace, Ruth Lynfield, Nimalie D. Stone, Richard Melchreit, Meghan Maloney, Nicola D. Thompson, Cathleen Concannon
المصدر: Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology. 38:998-1001
بيانات النشر: Cambridge University Press (CUP), 2017.
سنة النشر: 2017
مصطلحات موضوعية: Male, Microbiology (medical), medicine.medical_specialty, Epidemiology, medicine.drug_class, Urinary system, Antibiotics, MEDLINE, Inappropriate Prescribing, 030501 epidemiology, Appropriate use, Antibiotic prescribing, 03 medical and health sciences, 0302 clinical medicine, Humans, Medicine, 030212 general & internal medicine, Aged, Aged, 80 and over, business.industry, Antibiotic Prophylaxis, Middle Aged, Anti-Bacterial Agents, Nursing Homes, Infectious Diseases, Urinary Tract Infections, Emergency medicine, Female, 0305 other medical science, business, Nursing homes
الوصف: We assessed the appropriateness of initiating antibiotics in 49 nursing home (NH) residents receiving antibiotics for urinary tract infection (UTI) using 3 published algorithms. Overall, 16 residents (32%) received prophylaxis, and among the 33 receiving treatment, the percentage of appropriate use ranged from 15% to 45%. Opportunities exist for improving UTI antibiotic prescribing in NH.Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 2017;38:998–1001
تدمد: 1559-6834
0899-823X
DOI: 10.1017/ice.2017.96
URL الوصول: https://explore.openaire.eu/search/publication?articleId=doi_dedup___::fa44db76784b58a73f2aaba4982a9f5f
https://doi.org/10.1017/ice.2017.96
Rights: OPEN
رقم الانضمام: edsair.doi.dedup.....fa44db76784b58a73f2aaba4982a9f5f
قاعدة البيانات: OpenAIRE
الوصف
تدمد:15596834
0899823X
DOI:10.1017/ice.2017.96