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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...
Autores principales: | Saukko, Paula M., Oppenheim, Beryl A., Cooper, Mike, Rousham, Emily K. |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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BioMed Central
2019
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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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