Antibiotic Prescribing at the Transition from Hospitalization to Discharge: A Target for Antibiotic Stewardship. (20th January 2015)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Yogo, Norihiro; Haas, Michelle K.; Knepper, Bryan C.; Burman, William J.; Mehler, Philip S.; Jenkins, Timothy C.
• Is Part Of: Infection control and hospital epidemiology. Volume 36:Number 4(2015)
• Page Start: 474
• Page End: 478
• Publication Date: 2015-01-20
• Subjects: Nosocomial infections -- Epidemiology -- Periodicals; Health facilities -- Sanitation -- Periodicals; Hospital buildings -- Sanitation -- Periodicals; Cross Infection -- Periodicals; Epidemiology -- Periodicals; Hospitals -- Periodicals; Infection Control -- Periodicals; 614.44
• DOI: 10.1017/ice.2014.85
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0899-823X

Abstract

Abstract : Of 300 patients prescribed oral antibiotics at the time of hospital discharge, urinary tract infection, community-acquired pneumonia, and skin infections accounted for 181 of the treatment indications (60%). Half of the prescriptions were antibiotics with broad Gram-negative activity. Discharge prescriptions were inappropriate in 79 of 150 cases reviewed (53%). Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 2015;00(0): 1–5