Antibiotic prescribing at the transition from hospitalization to discharge: a target for antibiotic stewardship
Norihiro Yogo, Michelle K Haas, Bryan C Knepper, William J Burman, Philip S Mehler, Timothy C Jenkins, Norihiro Yogo, Michelle K Haas, Bryan C Knepper, William J Burman, Philip S Mehler, Timothy C Jenkins
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%).
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Source: PubMed