Optimization of antibiotic selection in the emergency department for urine culture follow ups, a retrospective pre-post intervention study: clinical pharmacist efforts

• Main Authors: Abdulaziz Saleh Almulhim (Author), Ali Aldayyen (Author), Kateryna Yenina (Author), Adam Chiappini (Author), Tahir Mehmood Khan (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Taylor & Francis Group, 2019-12-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Introduction Urinary tract infections (UTI) are commonly encountered in the emergency department (ED). ED culture follow up is an important tool to provide the appropriate therapy after the identification of the causative pathogen. There is a growing body of evidence for the positive role of pharmac...