Assessment of preauthorization and 24-hour expert consultation as a restrictive antimicrobial stewardship bundle in a Brazilian tertiary-care hospital: an interrupted time series analysis

• Main Authors: Andréa Beltrami Doltrario (Author), Gilberto Gambero Gaspar (Author), Andrea Queiroz Ungari (Author), Roberto Martinez (Author), Antonio Pazin Filho (Author), Benedito Carlos Maciel (Author), Fernando Bellissimo-Rodrigues (Author), Rodrigo de Carvalho Santana (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Elsevier, 2022-03-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Summary: Background: Worldwide, healthcare facilities face high and often inappropriate consumption of antimicrobials. However, there are limited antimicrobial stewardship (ASP) studies from low- and middle-income countries that include restrictive measures and their impacts on antimicrobial consump...