Antimicrobial stewardship intervention for the clinical pathways improves antimicrobial prophylaxis in surgical or non ‐surgical invasive therapies

ConclusionsOur findings suggest that revising all relevant clinical pathways was highly effective in reducing antibiotic consumption and shortening the antibiotic administration period without increasing the incidence of surgical site infections.This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved.

Source: International Journal of Clinical Practice - November 10, 2018 Category: Internal Medicine Authors: Ayasa Fujibayashi, Takashi Niwa, Mayumi Tsuchiya, Syuri Takeichi, Keiko Suzuki, Hirotoshi Ohta, Jun Yonetamari, Ayumi Niwa, Masayo Yamamoto, Daijiro Hatakeyama, Hisashi Baba, Akio Suzuki, Nobuo Murakami Tags: Original Paper Source Type: research