Antibiotic stewardship: does it work in hospital practice? A review of the evidence base

Abstract:

Background Guidelines for developing and implementing stewardship programmes include recommendations on appropriate antibiotic use to guide the stewardship team’s choice of potential stewardship objectives. They also include recommendations on behavioural change interventions to guide the team’s choice of potential interventions to ensure that professionals actually use antibiotics appropriately in daily practice. Aims To summarize the evidence base of both appropriate antibiotic use recommendations (the ‘what’) and behavioural change interventions (the ‘how’) in hospital practice. Sources Published systematic reviews/Medline. Content The literature shows low-quality evidence of the positive effects of appropriate antibiotic use in hospital patients. The literature shows that any behavioural change intervention might work to ensure that professionals actually perform appropriate antibiotic use …

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2017

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