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. 2015 Apr;36(4):474-8.
doi: 10.1017/ice.2014.85.

Antibiotic prescribing at the transition from hospitalization to discharge: a target for antibiotic stewardship

Norihiro Yogo  1 , Michelle K Haas  1 , Bryan C Knepper  2 , William J Burman  1 , Philip S Mehler  1 , Timothy C Jenkins  1
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Antibiotic prescribing at the transition from hospitalization to discharge: a target for antibiotic stewardship

Norihiro Yogo et al. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2015 Apr.

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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