The Guide to Nursing Home Antimicrobial Stewardship; (the Guide) is being developed for and evaluated in nursing homes. Antibiotics are one of the most commonly prescribed medications in nursing homes and overuse of antibiotics is recognized as a serious problem. Between 25-75% of antibiotics prescribed in nursing homes are unnecessary. Because it can be challenging to determine when a resident actually has an infection, prescribing clinicians (doctors, nurse practitioners, and physician assistants) are likely to overuse antibiotics.
Year:
2015
Journal:
Journal of the American Medical Directors Association