Meropenem utilization evaluation in a referral teaching hospital in Iran

• Main Authors: Peyman Naderi (Author), Kiana Shirani (Author), Rasool Soltani (Author), Farzin Khorvash (Author), Seyed Saeed Naji Esfahani (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications, 2018-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Objective: Inappropriate use of antibiotics is associated with detrimental effects including emergence of antibiotic resistance. This study aimed to evaluate the use of meropenem, an extended-spectrum antibiotic, in a referral teaching hospital to detect different types of errors in its prescription...