TY - JOUR
T1 - Multifaceted intervention for improving antimicrobial prescription at discharge in the emergency department
AU - Tagashira, Yasuaki
AU - Goto, Manaka
AU - Kondo, Reiko
AU - Honda, Hitoshi
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PY - 2022/1/5
Y1 - 2022/1/5
N2 - The frequent prescription of antimicrobials, such as at discharge from the emergency department, calls for optimizing this practice through modifying physicians' prescribing behavior. A 1-year, multifaceted intervention implemented in an emergency department decreased the mean monthly antimicrobial prescription rate at discharge and increased the proportion of appropriate prescriptions.
AB - The frequent prescription of antimicrobials, such as at discharge from the emergency department, calls for optimizing this practice through modifying physicians' prescribing behavior. A 1-year, multifaceted intervention implemented in an emergency department decreased the mean monthly antimicrobial prescription rate at discharge and increased the proportion of appropriate prescriptions.
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U2 - 10.1017/ice.2020.1436
DO - 10.1017/ice.2020.1436
M3 - Article
C2 - 33541448
AN - SCOPUS:85123809287
SN - 0899-823X
VL - 43
SP - 88
EP - 91
JO - Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology
JF - Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology
IS - 1
ER -
