Best Practice Implementation: Lessons Learned from 20 Partnerships
Sharek PJ, Mullican C, Lavanderos A, Palmer C, Snow V, Kmetik K, Antman M, Knutson D, Dembry LM. Best Practice Implementation: Lessons Learned from 20 Partnerships. The Joint Commission Journal On Quality And Patient Safety 2007, 33: 16-26. PMID: 18277636, DOI: 10.1016/s1553-7250(07)33120-6.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchBenchmarkingCommunity-Institutional RelationsCooperative BehaviorDiffusion of InnovationEvidence-Based MedicineHealth Services ResearchHumansInterinstitutional RelationsOrganizational InnovationOrganizational ObjectivesProgram EvaluationQuality Assurance, Health CareSurveys and QuestionnairesUnited StatesUnited States Agency for Healthcare Research and QualityTrends in Prescribing β-Lactam Antibiotics for Treatment of Community-Associated Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Infections
Gupta K, MacIntyre A, Vanasse G, Dembry LM. Trends in Prescribing β-Lactam Antibiotics for Treatment of Community-Associated Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Infections. Journal Of Clinical Microbiology 2007, 45: 3930-3934. PMID: 17942648, PMCID: PMC2168566, DOI: 10.1128/jcm.01510-07.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdolescentAdultAgedAged, 80 and overAnti-Bacterial AgentsBeta-LactamsChildChild, PreschoolCommunity-Acquired InfectionsDrug PrescriptionsFemaleHealth Services ResearchHumansInfantInfant, NewbornMaleMethicillin ResistanceMiddle AgedPrevalenceStaphylococcal InfectionsStaphylococcus aureusUnited StatesConceptsCA-MRSA soft tissue infectionsSoft tissue infectionsInitial empirical therapyCA-MRSA isolatesEmpirical therapyAntimicrobial therapyCommunity-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (CA-MRSA) isolatesStaphylococcal chromosomal cassette mec type IVS. aureus soft tissue infectionsResistant Staphylococcus aureus infectionsMethicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus IsolatesInactive antimicrobial therapyRate of prescribingCA-MRSA infectionsInitial antimicrobial therapyMajority of patientsMedical record reviewSubset of patientsCommunity-Associated MethicillinStaphylococcus aureus infectionPanton-Valentine leukocidinStaphylococcus aureus isolatesBeta-lactam antibioticsDiscordant therapyRate of use