Identifying Opportunities to Improve Guideline-Concordant Antibiotic Prescribing in Veterans with Acute Respiratory Infections or Cystitis

Autor: Hayley E. Meyer, Brett H. Heintz, Bruce Alexander, Brian C. Lund, Jason A Egge, Daniel J Livorsi
Rok vydání: 2017
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Zdroj: Infection control and hospital epidemiology. 38(6)
ISSN: 1559-6834
Popis: We investigated the frequency and determinants of guideline-discordant antibiotic prescribing in outpatients with respiratory infections or cystitis. Antibiotic prescribing was guideline discordant in 60% of patients. The most common reason for discordance was prescribing an antibiotic when not indicated. In a multivariate analysis, physicians in training had the highest likelihood of guideline-concordant antibiotic prescribing. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 2017;38:724–728
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