Successful use of feedback to improve antibiotic prescribing and reduce Clostridium difficile infection: a controlled interrupted time series | Zendy

Stephanie L. Fowler | Zendy; Ann Webber | Zendy; Ben S. Cooper | Zendy; Ashley Phimister | Zendy; Katy Price | Zendy; Y. Carter | Zendy; C C Kibbler | Zendy; Andrew J. H. Simpson | Zendy; S. Stone | Zendy

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Successful use of feedback to improve antibiotic prescribing and reduce Clostridium difficile infection: a controlled interrupted time series

Author(s) -

Stephanie L. Fowler,

Ann Webber,

Ben S. Cooper,

Ashley Phimister,

Katy Price,

Y. Carter,

C C Kibbler,

Andrew J. H. Simpson,

S. Stone

Publication year - 2007

Publication title -

journal of antimicrobial chemotherapy

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.124

H-Index - 194

eISSN - 1460-2091

pISSN - 0305-7453

DOI - 10.1093/jac/dkm014

Subject(s) - medicine , clostridium difficile , amoxicillin , antibiotics , penicillin , interrupted time series analysis , poisson regression , prospective cohort study , incidence (geometry) , cephalosporin , intensive care medicine , microbiology and biotechnology , population , biology , statistics , mathematics , physics , environmental health , optics

To investigate the effect of reinforcing a narrow-spectrum antibiotic policy on antibiotic prescription and Clostridium difficile infection (CDI) rates by feedback of antibiotic use to doctors, as part of a departmental audit and feedback programme.

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