Automatic day-2 intervention by a multidisciplinary Antimicrobial Stewardship-Team leads to multiple positive effects

Automatic day-2 intervention by a multidisciplinary Antimicrobial Stewardship-Team leads to multiple positive effects

Background: Antimicrobial resistance rates are increasing. This is, among others, caused by incorrect or inappropriate use of antimicrobials. To target this, a multidisciplinary Antimicrobial Stewardship-Team (A-Team) was implemented at the University Medical Center Groningen on a urology ward. Goal...

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Main Authors: Jan-Willem H Dik, Ron eHendrix, Jerome R Lo-Ten-Foe, Kasper R Wilting, Prashant eNannan Panday, Lisette E van Gemert-Pijnen, Annemarie M Leliveld, Job evan der Palen, Alex W Friedrich, Bhanu eSinha
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2015-06-01
Series:Frontiers in Microbiology
Subjects:
antimicrobial resistance
intervention study
Antimicrobial stewardship
A-Teams
Antimicrobial prescription
Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fmicb.2015.00546/full

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