Barriers and Facilitators to Optimal Antibiotic Prescribing on Discharge from the Hospital to Nursing Homes

• Main Authors: Jon Furuno (Author), Michelle Zhou (Author), Christopher Crnich (Author), Dominic Chan (Author), Caitlin McCracken (Author), Sally Jolles (Author), Brie Noble (Author), Jessina McGregor (Author), YoungYoon Ham (Author), Emily Shephard (Author), Seiko Izumi (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Cambridge University Press, 2024-07-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background: Up to half of antibiotics used in nursing homes (NHs) are initiated in acute care hospitals prior to nursing home admission. Optimizing antibiotic prescribing on hospital discharge presents an opportunity to improve NH antibiotic use. We aimed to identify barriers and facilitators to opt...