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.
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Inappropriate prescribing for older people admitted to an intermediate-care nursing home unit and hospital wards [PDF]
, 2012 Objective: To identify inappropriate prescribing among older patients on admission to and discharge from an intermediatecare nursing home unit and hospital wards, and to compare changes during stay within and between these groups.
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Appropriateness of Antibiotic Prescriptions in Emergency Departments in the United States, 2016-2021
Antimicrobial Stewardship & Healthcare EpidemiologyBackground: 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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Prevalence of potentially inappropriate prescribing in older people in primary care and its association with hospital admission: longitudinal study [PDF]
, 2018 Objective To determine whether hospital admission is associated with potentially inappropriate prescribing among older primary care patients (aged ≥65 years) and whether such prescribing was more likely after hospital admission than before.Design ...
Teresa Perez (42093) +11 more
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Antibiotic prescribing for respiratory tract infection: exploring drivers of cognitive effort and factors associated with inappropriate prescribing [PDF]
, 2021 Background Antibiotics are over-prescribed for upper respiratory tract infection (URTI). It is unclear how factors known to influence prescribing decisions operate ‘in the moment’: dual process theories, which propose two systems of thought (‘automatic’
Burton, C. D. +5 more
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Antimicrobial Stewardship & Healthcare EpidemiologyBackground: Inappropriate antibiotic prescribing contributes to antibiotic resistance threats. In outpatient settings, antibiotics are often incorrectly prescribed for acute respiratory illnesses (ARI).
Celina N. Santiago +7 more
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Potentially inappropriate prescribing in hospitalized patients with comparative study between prescription by internits and geriatricians [PDF]
Farmacia Hospitalaria, 2014 : Objectives: To analyze potentially inappropriate prescribing in hospitalized patients and compare the prescription by internists and geriatricians. Methods: Cross-sectional study in hospitalized patients older than 65 years.
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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 ...
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Antimicrobial stewardship in rural and remote primary health care: a narrative review
Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control, 2021 Background Antimicrobial resistance is an emerging problem worldwide and poses a significant threat to human health. Antimicrobial stewardship programmes are being implemented in health systems globally, primarily in hospitals, to address the growing ...
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Improving antibiotic prescribing for children in the resource-poor setting.
, 2015 Antibiotics are a critically important part of paediatric medical care in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), where infectious diseases are the leading cause of child mortality. The World Health Organization estimates that >50% of all medicines are
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