Background and AimsAppropriateness of antimicrobial use is a measure of key importance in evaluating safety and quality of prescribing but has been difficult to define and assess on a wide scale. Published work is limited and has generally focused on tertiary public hospitals, whereas the private sector provides a significant proportion of care in many countries. Information on prescribing in the private hospital context is needed to identify where intervention might be required. An antimicrobial prescribing survey tool was utilised to assess the appropriateness of antimicrobial prescribing among large private hospitals in Australia.Methods'Appropriateness' of antimicrobial therapy was evaluated by a team consisting of an infectious disease...
Background: Antimicrobial stewardship programmes are important in driving safety and quality of anti...
Background. Appropriate antimicrobial use is imperative owing to the misuse of antimicrobials, which...
Objectives: Antimicrobial stewardship programs have been designed to measure and improve the use of ...
BACKGROUND AND AIMS: Appropriateness of antimicrobial use is a measure of key importance in evaluati...
Identifying themes associated with inappropriate prescribing in Australian public and private hospit...
Objectives: Antimicrobial stewardship (AMS) programmes have been developed with the intention of red...
Antimicrobial resistance remains a significant public health issue, and to a greater extent, caused ...
Abstract Objectives To evaluate the quality of antimicrobial prescribing, at the Department of Inte...
BACKGROUND: Unnecessary or inappropriate use of antimicrobials is associated with the emergence of a...
Antibiotic stewardship programs (ASP) have already demonstrated clinical benefits. We aimed to descr...
Unnecessary or inappropriate use of antimicrobials is associated with the emergence of antimicrobial...
Objective: To determine antimicrobial stewardship (AMS) activities currently being undertaken at Vic...
center dot Inappropriate antimicrobial use has been associated with increased morbidity and hospital...
Importance: Surgical antimicrobial prophylaxis (SAP) is a common indication for antibiotic use in ho...
Since electronic prescribing is limited to few hospitals, point prevalence surveys, such as the stan...
Background: Antimicrobial stewardship programmes are important in driving safety and quality of anti...
Background. Appropriate antimicrobial use is imperative owing to the misuse of antimicrobials, which...
Objectives: Antimicrobial stewardship programs have been designed to measure and improve the use of ...
BACKGROUND AND AIMS: Appropriateness of antimicrobial use is a measure of key importance in evaluati...
Identifying themes associated with inappropriate prescribing in Australian public and private hospit...
Objectives: Antimicrobial stewardship (AMS) programmes have been developed with the intention of red...
Antimicrobial resistance remains a significant public health issue, and to a greater extent, caused ...
Abstract Objectives To evaluate the quality of antimicrobial prescribing, at the Department of Inte...
BACKGROUND: Unnecessary or inappropriate use of antimicrobials is associated with the emergence of a...
Antibiotic stewardship programs (ASP) have already demonstrated clinical benefits. We aimed to descr...
Unnecessary or inappropriate use of antimicrobials is associated with the emergence of antimicrobial...
Objective: To determine antimicrobial stewardship (AMS) activities currently being undertaken at Vic...
center dot Inappropriate antimicrobial use has been associated with increased morbidity and hospital...
Importance: Surgical antimicrobial prophylaxis (SAP) is a common indication for antibiotic use in ho...
Since electronic prescribing is limited to few hospitals, point prevalence surveys, such as the stan...
Background: Antimicrobial stewardship programmes are important in driving safety and quality of anti...
Background. Appropriate antimicrobial use is imperative owing to the misuse of antimicrobials, which...
Objectives: Antimicrobial stewardship programs have been designed to measure and improve the use of ...