The use of bloodstream infection mortality to measure the impact of antimicrobial stewardship interventions: assessing the evidence
This review sets out to evaluate the current evidence on the impact of inappropriate therapy on bloodstream infections (BSI) and associated mortality. Based on the premise that better prescribing practices should result in better patient outcomes, BSI mortality may be a useful metric to evaluate ant...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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MDPI AG
2017-03-01
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Series: | Infectious Disease Reports |
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Online Access: | http://www.pagepress.org/journals/index.php/idr/article/view/6849 |