Outcomes of an intervention to improve hospital antibiotic prescribing: interrupted time series with segmented regression analysis
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A simple intervention to improve hospital antibiotic prescribing.
OBJECTIVE To evaluate changes in prescribing behaviour after distribution of antibiotic guidelines printed on a 9 x 6 cm laminated card suitable for clipping to a hospital identification badge. INTERVENTION Guidelines for appropriate antibiotic prescribing for 20 common and important paediatric infections were printed on a laminated 9 x 6 cm card suitable to clip to a hospital identification ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy
سال: 2003
ISSN: 1460-2091
DOI: 10.1093/jac/dkg459