Impact of an intervention in the use of sequential antibiotic therapy in a Brazilian university hospital
INTRODUCTION: Sequential antibiotic therapy (SAT) is safe and economical. However, the unnecessary use of intravenous (IV) administration usually occurs. The objective of this work was to get to know the effectiveness of an intervention to implement the SAT in a teaching hospital in Brazil....
Main Authors: | Raquel Melo Rodrigues, Astrídia Marília de Souza Fontes, Orlando César Mantese, Renata Souza Martins, Miguel Tanús Jorge |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical (SBMT)
2013-01-01
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Series: | Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical |
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Online Access: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0037-86822013000100050&lng=en&tlng=en |
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