Antibiotic use in long-term care facilities | Zendy

Nick Daneman | Zendy; Andrea Gruneir | Zendy; Alice Newman | Zendy; Hadas D. Fischer | Zendy; Susan E. Bronskill | Zendy; Paula A. Rochon | Zendy; Gülsüm Anderson | Zendy; Chaim M. Bell | Zendy

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Antibiotic use in long-term care facilities

Author(s) -

Nick Daneman,

Andrea Gruneir,

Alice Newman,

Hadas D. Fischer,

Susan E. Bronskill,

Paula A. Rochon,

Gülsüm Anderson,

Chaim M. Bell

Publication year - 2011

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/dkr395

Subject(s) - medicine , nitrofurantoin , long term care , antibiotics , ciprofloxacin , medical prescription , antimicrobial stewardship , population , antibiotic resistance , environmental health , emergency medicine , nursing , microbiology and biotechnology , biology

Evaluation and optimization of antibiotic use (antibiotic stewardship) is being increasingly promoted as a means to reduce antibiotic resistance, adverse events, treatment complications and costs within institutions. Our goal was to examine the prevalence of antibiotic use among long-term care facility residents and the extent of variability across these institutions.

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