Impact of a pharmacist-driven antimicrobial stewardship program in a private hospital in Costa Rica

• Main Authors: José Pablo Díaz-Madriz (Author), Eugenia Cordero-García (Author), José Miguel Chaverri-Fernández (Author), Esteban Zavaleta-Monestel (Author), Josué Murillo-Cubero (Author), Hellen Piedra-Navarro (Author), Marian Hernández-Guillén (Author), Tiffany Jiménez-Méndez (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Pan American Health Organization, 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Objective. To measure the impact generated by the implementation of the pharmacy-driven antimicrobial stewardship program of the Clínica Bíblica Hospital. Methods. This is a retrospective observational study that evaluates the consumption of antibiotics for the periods before and during implementa...