TY - JOUR
T1 - Improving fluoroquinolone use in the outpatient setting using a patient safety initiative
AU - Jindai, Kazuaki
AU - Goto, Michihiko
AU - Mackay, Kimberly
AU - Forrest, Graeme N.
AU - Musuuza, Jackson
AU - Safdar, Nasia
AU - Pfeiffer, Christopher D.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2018 by The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America. All rights reserved.
PY - 2018/9/1
Y1 - 2018/9/1
N2 - We analyzed the impact of a fluoroquinolone patient safety initiative on the weekly fluoroquinolone prescription rate in Veterans Affairs community-based outpatient clinics. We observed a significant initial but unsustained reduction. Such an initiative can function as an antimicrobial stewardship intervention; however, strategies to promote sustainability should be explored.
AB - We analyzed the impact of a fluoroquinolone patient safety initiative on the weekly fluoroquinolone prescription rate in Veterans Affairs community-based outpatient clinics. We observed a significant initial but unsustained reduction. Such an initiative can function as an antimicrobial stewardship intervention; however, strategies to promote sustainability should be explored.
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U2 - 10.1017/ice.2018.169
DO - 10.1017/ice.2018.169
M3 - Article
C2 - 30115219
AN - SCOPUS:85052700241
VL - 39
SP - 1108
EP - 1111
JO - Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology
JF - Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology
SN - 0899-823X
IS - 9
ER -
