The effect of an antibiotic stewardship program on tigecycline use in a Tertiary Care Hospital, an intervention study

• Main Authors: Rima Moghnieh (Author), Dania Abdallah (Author), Lyn Awad (Author), Marwa Jadayel (Author), Nicholas Haddad (Author), Hani Tamim (Author), Aline Zaiter (Author), Diana-Caroline Awwad (Author), Loubna Sinno (Author), Salam El-Hassan (Author), Rawad Lakkis (Author), Rabab Khalil (Author), Tamima Jisr (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2020-08-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background A drug-oriented antibiotic stewardship intervention targeting tigecycline utilization was launched at Makassed General Hospital, Beirut, Lebanon, in 2016 as a part of a comprehensive Antibiotic Stewardship Program (ASP). In this study, we evaluated the effect of this intervention...