BACKGROUND: Understanding the extent to which current antibiotic prescribing behaviour
is influenced by clinicians' historical patterns of practice will help target interventions to …

Importance Given that most common bacterial infections can be treated with antibiotic
courses of 7 or fewer days, reducing standard antibiotic treatment durations may be an …

Background Insight into factors that influence antibiotic prescribing is crucial when
developing interventions aimed at a more rational use of antibiotics. We examined factors …

Background Antibiotic use is highly prevalent in long-term care facilities (LTCFs); a
resident's annual exposure to at least 1 course of antibiotic is approximately 50% to 80 …

Background The prevalence of antibiotic use in long-term care facilities (LTCF) is high and
in many cases it may not be in accordance with local guidelines. It is important to review …

Objectives Evaluation and optimization of antibiotic use (antibiotic stewardship) is being
increasingly promoted as a means to reduce antibiotic resistance, adverse events, treatment …

Antibiotic stewardship programs (ASPs) are relatively new in long-term care (LTC) facilities,
but they are important to control antibiotic overuse and antibiotic resistance. A stepwise …

Objectives To develop and test a set of process measures of quality of care in the
reassessment of inpatient empirical antibiotic prescriptions, to determine the inter-rater …

Background Antibiotic duration is often longer than necessary. Understanding the reasons
for variability in antibiotic duration can inform interventions to reduce prolonged antibiotic …

Background Antimicrobial stewardship programmes are needed in long-term care facilities
(LTCFs) to tackle antimicrobial resistance. We aimed to identify factors associated with …