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2057. Outpatient Antibiotic Stewardship “Bundles up” in Winter with Peer Comparison, URI Order Set and Education: Is It Enough to Weather the Storm?

BACKGROUND: Inappropriate antibiotic use is a growing problem in the outpatient setting. Approximately 90% of all antibiotics are prescribed in outpatient practices. Nonetheless, 30–70% of antibiotic prescriptions (ARx) are unnecessary. Outpatient antimicrobial stewardship (AS) is much needed and th...

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Autores principales: Akay, Okan I, Dave, Rohini, Khosla, Amit, Kraska, CherylAnn, Hopkins, Brian J, Bork, Jacqueline
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6809458/
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofz360.1737