A multifaceted intervention to reduce antimicrobial prescribing in care homes: a non-randomised feasibility study and process evaluation

• Main Authors: Carmel Hughes (Author), David Ellard (Author), Anne Campbell (Author), Rachel Potter (Author), Catherine Shaw (Author), Evie Gardner (Author), Ashley Agus (Author), Dermot O'Reilly (Author), Martin Underwood (Author), Mark Loeb (Author), Bob Stafford (Author), Michael Tunney (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: National Institute for Health Research, 2020-02-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background: The most frequent acute health-care intervention that care home residents receive is the prescribing of medications. There are serious concerns about prescribing generally, and about antimicrobial prescribing in particular, with facilities such as care homes being described as an importa...