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Showing 1 to 13 of 13 for “"Antimicrobial prescribing"”.
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A mixed-methods study to identify, quantify and explore determinants of antimicrobial prescribing behaviours among clinicians in Qatar.
The detection of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) and awareness of the magnitude of associated threats to global public health as well as the world economy have long been recognised, with many countries implementing antimicrobial stewardship (AMS) programmes. Although these programmes can be …
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Antimicrobial stewardship in Ireland, with a focus on long term care facilities
Background: Antimicrobial resistance is a major public health concern, and its increasing incidence in the Long Term Care Facility (LTCF) setting warrants attention (1). The prescribing of antimicrobials in this setting is often inappropriate and higher in Ireland than the European average (2). The …
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Primary care antimicrobial stewardship: Impact on prescribing and resistance
<b>Background: </b>Antimicrobial resistance is an increasing world-wide public health concern, with antimicrobial use described as one of the main drivers. Most antimicrobial prescribing occurs in primary care which is therefore a key target for antimicrobial stewardship. This thesis examines …
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Carbapenem and piperacillin-tazobactam prescribing in a hospital setting in Kingdom of Saudi Arabia : a mixed methodology study
Background: Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is spreading rapidly and is considered tobe one of the greatest public threats worldwide. The inappropriate use of broadspectrum antimicrobials has contributed to the emergence of AMR. The WHO hasdeveloped Access, Watch, Reserve (AWaRe) classification to …
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Antimicrobial stewardship in care homes for older people: development of a core outcome set
… of outcomes measured in trials to improve antimicrobial stewardship (AMS) in care homes has impeded synthesising evidence and producing definitive conclusions. This thesis aimed to develop a core outcome set (COS) for use in trials focusing on improving AMS in care …
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Time series analysis for evaluation of antimicrobial stewardship interventions
Antimicrobials have been described as the “wonder drug” of the 20th century. Not only are they crucial for the treatment of infection, antimicrobials are used across the whole healthcare system including to support cancer chemotherapy, and organ transplantation. The use, including avoidable misuse …
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Opportunities to measure and improve antimicrobial stewardship in the Irish hospital setting
Background: Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is one of the most significant threats to public health and increasing levels of resistance among gram negative organisms, and levels of vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium (VRE) are of concern across Europe and in Ireland. Antimicrobial stewardship …
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Ecological studies of Clostridioides difficile and COVID-19 infection with the application of space-time risk models
… capacities of observational public health data. Antimicrobial prescribing and stewardship have been a global focus in the last decade as concerns have grown with emergent novel antibiotic-resistant infections. CDI has been shown to have a well-defined association with certain broad-spectrum …
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Assessing and improving rational antimicrobial use in urban and rural health care facilities in Vietnam
The global problem of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is particularly pressing in developing countries including Vietnam, where the infectious disease burden is high and cost constrains the replacement of older antimicrobials with newer, more expensive ones. Along with surveillance and infection …
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Molecular Diagnosis of Lower Respiratory Tract Infection in the Paediatric Intensive Care Unit
The World Health Organisation describes antimicrobial resistance (AMR) as one of the biggest threats to global health. One of the drivers of AMR in healthcare settings is the overuse of broad-spectrum antimicrobials. For severe infections, paediatricians must prescribe antimicrobial therapy …
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Antibiotic prescribing practice and adherence to IMCI guidelines among CNPs in children younger than 5 years withrespiratory tract infections at Crossroads clinic, Cape Town,South Africa: retrospective audit
… been several published studies on antibiotic prescribing practice among Health Care Workers (HCWs) in PHC in low-resource setting. However, no published study has been reported on antibiotic prescribing practice among clinical nurse practitioners (CNPs) in PHC low-resource setting in Cape …
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Epidemiology of antimicrobial resistance at the livestock-human interface in an urban environment: a One Health approach
Livestock have been implicated as a reservoir for antimicrobial resistant (AMR) bacteria that may spread to humans, with the keeping of livestock widely postulated as a risk factor for AMR in humans. However, quantitative evidence of the role of livestock in the emergence and transmission of AMR …
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A Multi-Method Systems Approach to Antimicrobial Management in Continuing Care Wards
… as Clostridium difficile infection (CDI) and antimicrobial resistance (AMR). Optimising antibiotic management, commonly referred to as antimicrobial stewardship (Allerberger, 2009), is one of the strategies adopted to reduce unnecessary and inappropriate use (Aryee, 2003). The Scottish …