149. Impact of Stewardship on Antibiotic Utilization Rates During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Successes and Challenges in a Regional Hospital

BACKGROUND: Antibiotic stewardship (AS) is at the core of patient safety and prevention of antimicrobial resistance. Healthcare providers prescribe antibiotics for COVID-19 despite low rates of bacterial co-infection. Our regional hospital had antibiotic utilization (AU) rates higher than other heal...

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Autores principales: Macias, Ana, Elgin, Jennifer, Duerson, Donna, Warren, Cirle A
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8690481/
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofab466.351

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8690481/
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofab466.351

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