Improving Antibiotic Overuse in Primary Care: A Multimodal Quality Improvement Project

A Wharton, B Jerome-D'Emilia… - Clinical Nurse …, 2024 - journals.lww.com
Purpose Antibiotic overuse has increased over time related to provider knowledge gaps
about best practices, provider perception of patient expectations on receiving an antibiotic …

A randomized controlled trial of modified reporting of positive urine cultures to reduce inappropriate treatment of asymptomatic bacteriuria in long term care facilities

Z Rehan - 2023 - research.library.mun.ca
There is a high rate of inappropriate antibiotic treatment in long-term care facilities,
prescribed for asymptomatic bacteriuria (ASB). We conducted a prospective, randomized …

War on drug resistance: Policy interventions to tackle antibiotic misuse in Canada

C Bowbrick - 2020 - summit.sfu.ca
Antimicrobial resistance is a growing threat in Canada with profound implications for public
health and wellbeing. Widespread misuse of antibiotics has led to increasing numbers of …