The appropriateness of hospital antimicrobial use between medical and surgical specialties

Inappropriate antimicrobial use among hospitalized patients has been well documented with values from 39%-74%.1-3 Since the use of antimicrobials is not restricted to any specific specialty as, for example, chemotherapy is to oncologists, all physicians have the potential to misuse antimicrobials. B...

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Published in:Formulary (Cleveland, Ohio) Ohio), 2004-06, Vol.39 (6), p.304
Main Authors: Arnold, Forest W, McDonald, L. Clifford, Mangino, Paul D, Dobbs, Stacey L, Ramirez, Julio A
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Anti-infective agents
Antimicrobial agents
Compliance
Dosage and administration
Drug dosages
Hospitals
Internal medicine
Intervention
Medicine
Nosocomial infections
Pathogens
Patient safety
Physicians
Pneumonia
Prescription drugs
Studies
Surgeons
Surgery
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Summary:Inappropriate antimicrobial use among hospitalized patients has been well documented with values from 39%-74%.1-3 Since the use of antimicrobials is not restricted to any specific specialty as, for example, chemotherapy is to oncologists, all physicians have the potential to misuse antimicrobials. Based upon this presumption, inappropriate antimicrobial use is likely to be distributed among a variety of medical and surgical specialties.
ISSN:1082-801X
1938-1166