Effect of an education for physicians and nurses targeting antibiotics for urinary tract infections in Swedish nursing homes - a randomised controlled trial

• In: SIG Pharmacoeconomics/Pharmacoepidemiology - Posters
• At: Beijing (China) (2007)
• Type: Poster
• Poster code: PP-P-021
• By: PETTERSSON, Eva (Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden)
• Co-author(s): Vernby, Åsa (Karolinska Institutet, STOCKHOLM, Sweden)
  Stålsby Lundborg, Cecilia (Karolinska Institutet, STOCKHOLM, Sweden)
  Mölstad, Sigvard (Unit of R&D in Primary Care, JÖNKÖPING, Sweden)
  
• Abstract:

  Objective: To evaluate a multifaceted educational intervention concerning treatment of urinary tract infections in nursing homes. Methods: This was a cluster randomised controlled intervention study including 58 nursing homes in Sweden. During three months in 2003 and 2005 the nurses at the nursing homes recorded diagnosis and prescribing data on

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