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Prescribing-Assessment Tools for Long-Term Care Pharmacy Practice: Reaching Consensus through a Modified RAND/UCLA Appropriateness Method

Pharmacy, 2021
Medicines are the most used health technology in Long-Term Care. The prevalence of potentially inappropriate medicines amongst Long-Term Care patients is high.
João R. Gonçalves, Betsy L. Sleath, Manuel J. Lopes, Afonso M. Cavaco   +3 more
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Appropriateness of Antibiotic Prescribing in Hospitalized Children: A Focus on the Real-World Scenario of the Different Paediatric Subspecialties

Frontiers in Pharmacology, 2022
Background: Antibiotics are prescribed for children both in hospital and community settings, particularly at preschool age. Italy shows a high rate of inappropriate antibiotic prescriptions which may represent a serious problem in the hospital scenario ...
Chiara Nasso, Alessandro Scarfone, Igor Pirrotta, Michelangelo Rottura, Domenico Antonio Giorgi, Giovanni Pallio, Natasha Irrera, Violetta Squadrito, Francesco Squadrito, Pierangela Irrera, Vincenzo Arcoraci, Domenica Altavilla   +11 more
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Reducing inappropriate outpatient antibiotic prescribing: normative comparison using unblinded provider reports

BMJ Open Quality, 2019
Importance Antibiotic resistance is a global health issue. Up to 50% of antibiotics are inappropriately prescribed, the majority of which are for acute respiratory tract infections (ARTI).Objective To evaluate the impact of unblinded normative comparison
Richard V Milani, Jonathan K Wilt, Jonathan Entwisle, Jonathan Hand, Pedro Cazabon, Jefferson G Bohan   +5 more
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Over- and under-prescribing, and their association with functional disability in older patients at risk of further decline in Germany – a cross-sectional survey conducted as part of a randomised comparative effectiveness trial

BMC Geriatrics, 2022
Background Older patients at risk of functional decline are frequently affected by polypharmacy. This is associated with a further loss of independence.
Claudia Salm, Julia Sauer, Nadine Binder, Aline Pfefferle, Mario Sofroniou, Gloria Metzner, Erik Farin-Glattacker, Sebastian Voigt-Radloff, Andy Maun   +8 more
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Inappropriate prescribing in outpatient healthcare: an evaluation of respiratory infection visits among veterans in teaching versus non-teaching primary care clinics

Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control, 2017
A recent study led by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) revealed at least 30% of antibiotic prescriptions in the outpatient setting were inappropriate.
Diane M. Parente, Tristan T. Timbrook, Aisling R. Caffrey, Kerry L. LaPlante   +3 more
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Appropriateness of DOAC Prescribing Before and During Hospital Admission and Analysis of Determinants for Inappropriate Prescribing

Frontiers in Pharmacology, 2018
Background and Objectives: Appropriate dosing of direct oral anticoagulants (DOACs) is required to avoid under- and overdosing that may precipitate strokes or thromboembolic events and bleedings, respectively.
Souad Moudallel, Stephane Steurbaut, Pieter Cornu, Alain Dupont   +3 more
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Ophthalmic Antimicrobial Prescribing in Australian Healthcare Facilities

Antibiotics, 2022
The National Antimicrobial Prescribing Survey (NAPS) is a web-based, standardized tool, widely adopted in Australian healthcare facilities to assess the reasons for, the quantity of, and the quality of antimicrobial prescribing.
Xin Fang, Noleen Bennett, Courtney Ierano, Rodney James, Karin Thursky   +4 more
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Appropriateness of Antibiotic Prescriptions in Emergency Departments in the United States, 2016-2021

Antimicrobial Stewardship & Healthcare Epidemiology
Background: Inappropriate antibiotic prescribing contributes to antimicrobial resistance, a global health threat. Prior studies have used ICD-9-CM codes to estimate inappropriate prescribing rates in ambulatory settings, including emergency departments ...
Joseph Ladines-Lim, Kao-Ping Chua
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Inappropriate antibiotic prescribing for acute respiratory illnesses in outpatient settings in New York City, 2019–2022

Antimicrobial Stewardship & Healthcare Epidemiology
Background: Inappropriate antibiotic prescribing contributes to antibiotic resistance threats. In outpatient settings, antibiotics are often incorrectly prescribed for acute respiratory illnesses (ARI).
Celina N. Santiago, Katelynn Devinney, Molly M. Kratz, Elise Mantell, Elizabeth Cave, Karen A. Alroy, William G. Greendyke, Nicole Burton   +7 more
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The use of bloodstream infection mortality to measure the impact of antimicrobial stewardship interventions: assessing the evidence

Infectious Disease Reports, 2017
This review sets out to evaluate the current evidence on the impact of inappropriate therapy on bloodstream infections (BSI) and associated mortality. Based on the premise that better prescribing practices should result in better patient outcomes, BSI ...
Sonali Coulter, Jason A. Roberts, Krispin Hajkowicz, Kate Halton   +3 more
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