2014
Vital signs: improving antibiotic use among hospitalized patients.
Fridkin S, Baggs J, Fagan R, Magill S, Pollack LA, Malpiedi P, Slayton R, Khader K, Rubin MA, Jones M, Samore MH, Dumyati G, Dodds-Ashley E, Meek J, Yousey-Hindes K, Jernigan J, Shehab N, Herrera R, McDonald L, Schneider A, Srinivasan A. Vital signs: improving antibiotic use among hospitalized patients. MMWR Morbidity And Mortality Weekly Report 2014, 63: 194-200. PMID: 24598596, PMCID: PMC4584728.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsClostridium difficile infectionAntibiotic prescribingAntibiotic useIncidence of CDIInpatient antibiotic useDays of therapyNational administrative databaseBroad-spectrum antibioticsHealth care providersAntibiotic-resistant infectionsHospitalized patientsSurgical wardsDifficile infectionImproved prescribingAdministrative databasesAntibiotic exposureIncorrect prescribingPrescribingPatientsHospitalPatient recordsPatient safetyU.S. hospitalsAntibiotic resistanceAntibiotics
2010
Influenza Testing and Antiviral Prescribing Practices Among Emergency Department Clinicians in 9 States During the 2006 to 2007 Influenza Season
Mueller M, Smith P, Baumbach J, Palumbo J, Meek J, Gershman K, Vandermeer M, Thomas A, Long C, Belflower R, Spina N, Martin K, Lynfield R, Openo K, Kirley P, Pasutti L, Barnes B, Schaffner W, Kamimoto L. Influenza Testing and Antiviral Prescribing Practices Among Emergency Department Clinicians in 9 States During the 2006 to 2007 Influenza Season. Annals Of Emergency Medicine 2010, 55: 32-39. PMID: 20116012, DOI: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2009.09.019.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAntiviral AgentsDisease OutbreaksDrug UtilizationEmergency MedicineGuideline AdherenceHumansInfluenza A Virus, H1N1 SubtypeInfluenza, HumanMass ScreeningPractice Patterns, Physicians'United StatesConceptsEmergency department cliniciansInfluenza testingAntiviral medicationsInfluenza seasonED cliniciansClinician testingTreatment decisionsEmerging Infections Program NetworkTreatment practicesInfections Program NetworkInfluenza-associated hospitalizationsType of hospitalFirst-line providersInfluenza medicationsAntiviral useTreatment guidelinesHospital EDPrescribing practicesHospital testingInfluenza diseaseActive surveillanceClinical guidelinesClinicians' perceptionsHospital typeMedications