Abstract
Antibiotics are among the most common medications prescribed in nursing homes. The annual prevalence of antibiotic use in residents of nursing homes ranges from 47% to 79%, and more than half of antibiotic courses initiated in nursing-home settings are unnecessary or prescribed inappropriately (wrong drug, dose, or duration). Inappropriate antibiotic use is associated with a variety of negative consequences including Clostridioides difficile infection (CDI), adverse drug effects, drug-drug interactions, and antimicrobial resistance. In response to this problem, public health authorities have called for efforts to improve the quality of antibiotic prescribing in nursing homes.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 417-426 |
Number of pages | 10 |
Journal | Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology |
Volume | 43 |
Issue number | 4 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Apr 9 2022 |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Epidemiology
- Microbiology (medical)
- Infectious Diseases