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Initial implementation and evaluation of an intervention to improve the review of antibiotics in Scottish acute care hospitals

  • At: Seville (Spain) (2022)
  • Type: Poster
  • Poster code: HPS-055
  • By: MATULUKO, Ayodeji (Safeguarding Health through Infection Prevention Research Group, Research Centre for Health, Glasgow Caledonian University, United Kingdom)
  • Co-author(s): Ms Ayodeji Matuluko, PhD Candidate (Safeguarding Health through Infection Prevention Research Group, Research Centre for Health, Glasgow Caledonian University, Glasgow, United Kingdom)
    Dr Jennifer MacDonald, School of Health and Life Sciences (Safeguarding Health through Infection Prevention Research Group, Research Centre for Health, Glasgow Caledonian University, Glasgow, United Kingdom)
    Dr Valerie Ness, School of Health and Life Sciences (Safeguarding Health through Infection Prevention Research Group, Research Centre for Health, Glasgow Caledonian University, Glasgow, United Kingdom)
    Dr Jacqueline Sneddon (British Society for Antimicrobial Chemotherapy, United Kingdom)
    Dr Andrew Seaton (Scottish Antimicrobial Prescribing Group, Healthcare Improvement Scotland, Glasgow, United Kingdom / NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde, Queen Elizabeth University Hospital, Glasgow, United Kingdom)
    Professor Kay Currie, School of Health and Life Sciences (Safeguarding Health through Infection Prevention Research Group, Research Centre for Health, Glasgow Caledonian University, Glasgow, United Kingdom)
  • Abstract:

    Background: Reviewing antibiotic prescriptions to investigate their ongoing need is key to antimicrobial stewardship. Interventions focused on the review of antibiotics have been found to be effective in acute care hospitals. In Scottish acute care hospitals, a rise in the use of antibiotics, driven by intravenous (IV) antibiotic use, led to the..

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