Open AccessOptimizing use of ciprofloxacin: a prospective intervention study
Author(s) -
B.C. van Hees,
E. de Ruiter,
E. H. H. Wiltink,
B. M. de Jongh,
M. Tersmette
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/dkm388
Subject(s) - medical prescription , medicine , ciprofloxacin , intervention (counseling) , prospective cohort study , emergency medicine , intensive care medicine , family medicine , pediatrics , antibiotics , pharmacology , nursing , microbiology and biotechnology , biology
Antimicrobial resistance to ciprofloxacin is increasing. The objective of this study was to reduce the number of inappropriate prescriptions and to improve the quality of ciprofloxacin prescriptions by means of educational intervention.
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