CDC: Hospital antibiotic use promotes resistance: checklist can improve practices.The article reports on the emergence of antibiotic resistance resulting from antibiotic prescribing in hospitals in the U.S., as indicated in an analysis released by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ...
The researchers also estimated the rate of inappropriate antibiotic use in adults and children by age and diagnosis. These data will help inform efforts to improve antibiotic prescribing over the next five years. 研究人员同时对成人与儿童以年龄和诊断评估不...
The researchers also estimated the rate of inappropriate antibiotic use in adults and children by age and diagnosis. These data will help inform efforts to improve antibiotic prescribing over the next five years. 研究人员同时对成人与儿童以年龄和诊断评估不合理的抗生素使用率。这些数据将有助于改善未来5...
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is poised to recommend use of a powerful antibiotic to prevent sexually transmitted infections. Ad On Monday, the CDC issueddraft recommendations, recommending doctors consider prescribing doxycycline to help prevent the spread of disease. Officials t...
(HealthDay)—The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has released a new resource: Core Elements of Antibiotic Stewardship for Nursing Homes, which has been developed to guide improvement in antibiotic prescribing ...
“I think the big question now is just who adopts that? Are we able to reach the people who are at highest risk? And how well do they use it?” she said. Watching consistency and uptake, particularly as more providers begin prescribing doxycycline, will be essential to understand whether ...
Learn more about the Core Elements of Antibiotic Stewardship for Nursing Homes at http://www.cdc.gov/longtermcare/prevention/antibiotic-stewardship.html. Join the conversation on appropriate antibiotic prescribing in long-term care at http://blogs.cdc.gov/safehealthcare/category/ltc/.Recent...
prescribing to prescribers, pharmacists, and nurses is a necessary aspect of stewardship. Srinivasan said case-based teaching is especially effective. Information should also be tailored to a specific provider group. In addition, providers need to better educate patients about judicious antibiotic use....
"Over the next five years, unless we implement nationwide improvements in infection control and antibiotic prescribing, if no action is taken, these infections will continue to increase," Jernigan said. Individual hospitals are trying to control the spread of antibiotic-resistant germs, but those eff...
The CDC released new recommendations that are designed to reduce inappropriate prescribing practices and prevent the spread of antibiotic-resistant infections and C. difficile in nursing homes. According to the CDC, up to 70% of nursing home residents...