Impact of a pilot multimodal intervention to decrease antibiotic use for respiratory infections in a geriatric clinic

• Main Authors: Lakshmi R. Chauhan (Author), Misha Huang (Author), Mona Abdo (Author), Skotti Church (Author), Danielle Fixen (Author), Samantha MaWhinney (Author), Matthew Miller (Author), Kristine M. Erlandson (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Cambridge University Press, 2022-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background: More than 80% of antibiotics are prescribed in the outpatient setting, of which 30% are inappropriate. The National Action Plan for Combating Antimicrobial Resistance called for a 50% decrease in outpatient antibiotic use by 2020. Inappropriate antibiotics are associated with ad...