Establishing a baseline of antibiotic use in Massachusetts jails reveals heterogeneity in quantity of prescriptions and duration of therapy

Optimizing antibiotic prescribing is a crucial element of the fight against antibiotic resistance. Antibiotic prescribing patterns in jails have not been studied. We established a baseline of antibiotic prescribing between Massachusetts jails. We detected heterogeneity in quantity and duration of an...

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Autores principales: Szewczyk, Bart R., Tenner, Rebecca, Grussing, Emily, Campion, Maureen, Andujar Vazquez, Gabriela, Bylsma, Tara, Doron, Shira, Wurcel, Alysse G.
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Publicado: Cambridge University Press 2023
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Research Brief
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10311689/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37396192
http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/ash.2023.175
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author Szewczyk, Bart R.
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spelling pubmed-103116892023-07-01 Establishing a baseline of antibiotic use in Massachusetts jails reveals heterogeneity in quantity of prescriptions and duration of therapy Szewczyk, Bart R. Tenner, Rebecca Grussing, Emily Campion, Maureen Andujar Vazquez, Gabriela Bylsma, Tara Doron, Shira Wurcel, Alysse G. Antimicrob Steward Healthc Epidemiol Research Brief Optimizing antibiotic prescribing is a crucial element of the fight against antibiotic resistance. Antibiotic prescribing patterns in jails have not been studied. We established a baseline of antibiotic prescribing between Massachusetts jails. We detected heterogeneity in quantity and duration of antibiotic prescriptions, revealing an opportunity for improved practice. Cambridge University Press 2023-06-21 /pmc/articles/PMC10311689/ /pubmed/37396192 http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/ash.2023.175 Text en © The Author(s) 2023 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an Open Access article, distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution licence (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted re-use, distribution and reproduction, provided the original article is properly cited.
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Doron, Shira
Wurcel, Alysse G.
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title_full Establishing a baseline of antibiotic use in Massachusetts jails reveals heterogeneity in quantity of prescriptions and duration of therapy
title_fullStr Establishing a baseline of antibiotic use in Massachusetts jails reveals heterogeneity in quantity of prescriptions and duration of therapy
title_full_unstemmed Establishing a baseline of antibiotic use in Massachusetts jails reveals heterogeneity in quantity of prescriptions and duration of therapy
title_short Establishing a baseline of antibiotic use in Massachusetts jails reveals heterogeneity in quantity of prescriptions and duration of therapy
title_sort establishing a baseline of antibiotic use in massachusetts jails reveals heterogeneity in quantity of prescriptions and duration of therapy
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10311689/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37396192
http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/ash.2023.175
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