Inpatient plus Post-discharge Durations of Therapy to Identify Antimicrobial Stewardship Opportunities at Transitions of Care

BACKGROUND: In-hospital antimicrobial durations capture only a portion of total antimicrobial exposures attributable to that inpatient stay. Review of electronic discharge prescriptions could allow stewards to identify excessive prescribing durations. METHODS: We performed a retrospective review of...

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Published in:Open Forum Infect Dis
Main Authors: Dyer, April, Ashley, Elizabeth Dodds, Anderson, Deverick J, Sarubbi, Christina, Wrenn, Rebekah, Hicks, Lauri, Srinivasan, Arjun, Moehring, Rebekah W
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: Oxford University Press 2017
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5631703/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofx162.049
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