Point prevalence antibiotic audit of care home residents and carers across the uk

• At: Glasgow (Scotland) (2018)
• Type: Poster
• Poster code: POS-CPS-153
• By: THORNLEY, Tracey (Boots UK)
• Co-author(s): Tracey Thornley: School of Pharmacy , University of Nottingham , Nottingham , United Kingdom;, Boots UK , Nottingham , United Kingdom
  Charlotte Kirkdale: Boots UK, Nottingham, United Kingdom
  Diane Ashiru-Oredope: Public Health England , London, United Kingdom
  Elizabeth Beech: NHS Improvement, London, United Kingdom
  Philip Howard: NHS Improvement, London, United Kingdom
  Heather Elliott: Boots UK , Nottingham , United Kingdom
  Claire Harris: Boots UK , Nottingham , United Kingdom
  Alex Roberts: Boots UK , Nottingham , United Kingdom
  
• Abstract:

  Background

  There are over 420k people aged 65 years and older living in residential care¹, of which most of the healthcare needs are provided by the care home staff. Provision of healthcare services for residents in care homes is variable, and can result in disjointed care between carers and NHS healthcare professionals².

  Methods

  Point prevalence
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