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MMWR Early Release
Vol. 63, Early Release
March 4, 2014 |
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Vital Signs: Improving Antibiotic Use Among Hospitalized Patients
Scott Fridkin, MD, James Baggs, PhD, Ryan Fagan, MD, et al.
MMWR 2014;63:1–7
When antibiotics are prescribed incorrectly, they offer little benefit to patients and potentially expose them to risks for complications, including Clostridium difficile infection and antibiotic-resistant infections. This report describes a study that found that 55.7% of patients discharged from 323 hospitals in 2010 had received antibiotics during their hospitalization, but antibiotic prescribing potentially could be improved in 37.2% of the most common prescription scenarios. |
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