Impact of a decision-making aid for suspected urinary tract infections on antibiotic overuse in nursing homes

BACKGROUND: Antibiotics are highly utilized in nursing homes. The aim of the study was to test the effectiveness of a decision-making aid for urinary tract infection management on reducing antibiotic prescriptions for suspected bacteriuria in the urine without symptoms, known as asymptomatic bacteri...

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Autores principales: McMaughan, Darcy K., Nwaiwu, Obioma, Zhao, Hongwei, Frentzel, Elizabeth, Mehr, David, Imanpour, Sara, Garfinkel, Steven, Phillips, Charles D.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2016
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4833907/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27084340
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12877-016-0255-9

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4833907/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27084340
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12877-016-0255-9

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