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View article: Hospital Clinicians’ Knowledge of and Opportunity and Motivation for Prescribing Short Antibiotic Courses for Common Infections
Hospital Clinicians’ Knowledge of and Opportunity and Motivation for Prescribing Short Antibiotic Courses for Common Infections Open
Short-course antibiotic therapies for common infections treated in hospital are supported by national guidelines. Hospital clinicians’ knowledge of the course length recommendations for the management of common infections has not been full…
View article: P34 Hospital clinician knowledge, opportunity and motivation to prescribe short course antibiotic therapy for common infections
P34 Hospital clinician knowledge, opportunity and motivation to prescribe short course antibiotic therapy for common infections Open
Background Antibiotic use drives antimicrobial resistance (AMR), with longer durations increasing the risk of AMR and patient harm through side effects.1,2 Objectives We aimed to assess clinicians’ knowledge of the course length recommenda…
View article: P09 Feasibility of retrospective chart review to assess alignment of urinary tract infection diagnosis, testing and treatment decisions with UKHSA diagnostic guidance in patients 65 years+ in the emergency department
P09 Feasibility of retrospective chart review to assess alignment of urinary tract infection diagnosis, testing and treatment decisions with UKHSA diagnostic guidance in patients 65 years+ in the emergency department Open
Background UKHSA urinary tract infection (UTI) diagnostic guidance uses presence/absence of specific symptoms/signs to guide decisions on urine culture and antibiotic treatment.1 The goal is treatment of those with highest risk of infectio…
View article: P12 Commissioning for Quality and Innovation (CQUIN) schemes—revisiting urinary tract infection (UTI) management. What worked? What lasted? What next?
P12 Commissioning for Quality and Innovation (CQUIN) schemes—revisiting urinary tract infection (UTI) management. What worked? What lasted? What next? Open
Background UK CQUIN schemes encourage an improvement focus on a specific area of care. In 2019, CQUIN CCG1a: Improving the management of lower UTI in older people1 was adopted at the RUH resulting in increased alignment with UK guidance on…
View article: Antibiotic review kit for hospitals (ARK-Hospital): a stepped-wedge cluster-randomised controlled trial
Antibiotic review kit for hospitals (ARK-Hospital): a stepped-wedge cluster-randomised controlled trial Open
UK National Institute for Health and Care Research.
View article: Antibiotic Review Kit for Hospitals (ARK-Hospital): a stepped wedge cluster randomised controlled trial
Antibiotic Review Kit for Hospitals (ARK-Hospital): a stepped wedge cluster randomised controlled trial Open
Background Strategies to reduce antibiotic overuse in hospitals depend on clinicians taking decisions to stop unnecessary antibiotics. There is a lack of evidence on how support clinicians do this effectively. We evaluated a multifaceted b…
View article: P30 Can non-allergy health workers safely delabel reported penicillin allergies using an antibiotic allergy assessment tool? - A multicentre study
P30 Can non-allergy health workers safely delabel reported penicillin allergies using an antibiotic allergy assessment tool? - A multicentre study Open
Background False penicillin allergy labels can be potentially hazardous to patients. Most penicillin allergy labels can be safely removed following risk stratification and formal drug challenge. These de-labelling strategies have been limi…