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The optimal duration of antibiotic therapy has been a matter of some debate, and increasingly, research is showing that shorter durations are just as effective as longer courses for many infections.
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A “marked decrease” in respiratory virus detections correlated with a 79% reduction in ambulatory antibiotic prescribing rates for respiratory tract infections during the COVID-19 pandemic, researchers of a pre-post study wrote. The trend was observed at University of Wisconsin (UW) Health, an academic health care system with more than 80 ambulatory sites and 7,000,000 ambulatory
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Delayed antibiotic prescribing is a safe and effective strategy for most patients with respiratory tract infections, finds an analysis of patient data published by The BMJ today.
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Mashup Score: 2Antibiotic prescribing for adult bacteriuria and pyuria in community hospital emergency departments - 3 year(s) ago
To describe emergency department (ED) antibiotic prescribing for urinary tract infections (UTIs) and asymptomatic bacteriuria (ASB) and to identify improvement opportunities.
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Significant opportunities exist to improve appropriateness of antibiotic prescribing by considering process boundaries in the design, implementation, and evaluation of CDS systems.
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Significant opportunities exist to improve appropriateness of antibiotic prescribing by considering process boundaries in the design, implementation, and evaluation of CDS systems.
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The Four Moments of Antibiotic Decision Making are the critical points of antibiotic decision making. Clinicians can use the Four Moments framework for all patients receiving antibiotics and whenever the need for antibiotics is being considered.
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‘Shorter is better’ mantra begins to change #AntibioticPrescribing @BradSpellberg MD, et al. @KeckMedUSC https://t.co/ye2F7dbTB9 @GoHealio https://t.co/9BP4Gfc7rZ