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  • Title: Antibiotic prescribing at the transition from hospitalization to discharge: a target for antibiotic stewardship.
    Author: Yogo N, Haas MK, Knepper BC, Burman WJ, Mehler PS, Jenkins TC.
    Journal: Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol; 2015 Apr; 36(4):474-8. PubMed ID: 25782905.
    Abstract:
    Of 300 patients prescribed oral antibiotics at the time of hospital discharge, urinary tract infection, community-acquired pneumonia, and skin infections accounted for 181 of the treatment indications (60%). Half of the prescriptions were antibiotics with broad Gram-negative activity. Discharge prescriptions were inappropriate in 79 of 150 cases reviewed (53%).
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