Long-term effects of an antimicrobial stewardship programme at a tertiary-care teaching hospital

Highlights • We examined antimicrobial use following implementation of an antimicrobial stewardship programme. • We examined strategies to control antimicrobial use and infections related to antimicrobial use. • We examined hospital rates of infection with common nosocomial pathogens over a 13-year...

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Veröffentlicht in:	International journal of antimicrobial agents 2015-03, Vol.45 (3), p.262-267
Hauptverfasser:	Cook, Paul P, Gooch, Michael
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Adult Anti-Bacterial Agents - therapeutic use Antifungal Agents - therapeutic use Antimicrobial stewardship Bacterial Infections - drug therapy Clostridium difficile Clostridium difficile - drug effects Clostridium difficile - isolation & purification Drug Prescriptions - standards Drug Resistance, Bacterial Drug Therapy - methods Drug Therapy - standards Drug Utilization - standards Drug Utilization - statistics & numerical data Hospitals, Teaching Humans Infectious Disease Meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus Multidrug-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa Pseudomonas aeruginosa - drug effects Pseudomonas aeruginosa - isolation & purification Tertiary Care Centers Time
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Zusammenfassung:	Highlights • We examined antimicrobial use following implementation of an antimicrobial stewardship programme. • We examined strategies to control antimicrobial use and infections related to antimicrobial use. • We examined hospital rates of infection with common nosocomial pathogens over a 13-year period. • We correlated antimicrobial use with various infections.
ISSN:	0924-8579 1872-7913
DOI:	10.1016/j.ijantimicag.2014.11.006