Reducing unnecessary urine culturing and antibiotic overprescribing in long-term care: a before-and-after analysis. Brown, K. A., Chambers, A., MacFarlane, S., Langford, B., Leung, V., Quirk, J., Schwartz, K. L., & Garber, G. CMAJ Open, 7(1):E174–E181, March, 2019.
Reducing unnecessary urine culturing and antibiotic overprescribing in long-term care: a before-and-after analysis [link]Paper  doi  abstract   bibtex   
Background: Antibiotic use in long-term care homes is highly variable. High rates of antibiotic use are associated with antibiotic resistance and Clostridium difficile infection. We asked 2 questions regarding a program designed to improve diagnosis and management of urinary tract infections in long-term care: whether the program decreased urine culturing and antibiotic prescribing rates and whether specific strategies of the program were more or less likely to be adopted.
@article{brown_reducing_2019,
	title = {Reducing unnecessary urine culturing and antibiotic overprescribing in long-term care: a before-and-after analysis},
	volume = {7},
	issn = {2291-0026},
	shorttitle = {Reducing unnecessary urine culturing and antibiotic overprescribing in long-term care},
	url = {http://cmajopen.ca/lookup/doi/10.9778/cmajo.20180064},
	doi = {10.9778/cmajo.20180064},
	abstract = {Background: Antibiotic use in long-term care homes is highly variable. High rates of antibiotic use are associated with antibiotic resistance and Clostridium difficile infection. We asked 2 questions regarding a program designed to improve diagnosis and management of urinary tract infections in long-term care: whether the program decreased urine culturing and antibiotic prescribing rates and whether specific strategies of the program were more or less likely to be adopted.},
	language = {en},
	number = {1},
	urldate = {2019-05-07},
	journal = {CMAJ Open},
	author = {Brown, Kevin Antoine and Chambers, Andrea and MacFarlane, Sam and Langford, Bradley and Leung, Valerie and Quirk, Jacquelyn and Schwartz, Kevin L. and Garber, Gary},
	month = mar,
	year = {2019},
	pages = {E174--E181},
}

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