Implementation of a Standardized Protocol for Hospitalized Patients Who Inject Drugs and Require Long-Term Antibiotics Reduces Length of Stay Without Increasing 30-Day Readmissions

BACKGROUND: Injection drug use (IDU) is a growing epidemic, and persons who inject drugs (PWID) are at high risk for infection. IDU is a barrier to outpatient parenteral antimicrobial therapy (OPAT) and provider experience and knowledge may lead to variation in patient care. Recognizing this problem...

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Autores principales: Rolfe, Robert J, Mathews, Ronnie E, Rodriguez, J Martin, Paddock, Cayce S, Lane, Peter S, Taylor, Benjamin B, Lee, Rachael A
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5631226/
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofx163.811

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5631226/
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofx163.811

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