Gaps in communication between different staff groups and older adult patients foster unnecessary antibiotic prescribing for urinary tract infections in hospitals: a qualitative translation approach

BACKGROUND: Studies have reported large scale overprescribing of antibiotics for urinary tract infection (UTI) in hospitalised older adults. Older adults often have asymptomatic bacteriuria, and clinicians have been found to diagnose UTIs inappropriately based on vague symptoms and positive urinalys...

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Autores principales: Saukko, Paula M., Oppenheim, Beryl A., Cooper, Mike, Rousham, Emily K.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2019
Materias:
Research
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6683464/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31404364
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13756-019-0587-2

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6683464/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31404364
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13756-019-0587-2

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