Interventions to improve antibiotic prescribing practices for hospital inpatients

Davey, Peter; Brown, Erwin; Charani, Esmita; Fenelon, Lynda; M. Gould, Ian; Holmes, Alison; Ramsay, Craig; J Wiffen, Philip; Wilcox, Mark

doi:10.1002/14651858.cd003543.pub3

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Interventions to improve antibiotic prescribing practices for hospital inpatients

Published in Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews • Apr 28, 2013

Authors:

Peter Davey

Erwin Brown

Esmita Charani

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Antibiotic resistance is a major public health problem. Infections caused by multidrug-resistant bacteria are associated with prolonged hospital stay and death compared with infections caused by susceptible bacteria. Appropriate antibiotic use in hospitals should ensure effective treatme...

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Medicine

Psychological intervention

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