Antibiotic Prescribing at the Transition from Hospitalization to Discharge: A Target for Antibiotic Stewardship | Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology | Cambridge Core (original) (raw)

Abstract

Of 300 patients prescribed oral antibiotics at the time of hospital discharge, urinary tract infection, community-acquired pneumonia, and skin infections accounted for 181 of the treatment indications (60%). Half of the prescriptions were antibiotics with broad Gram-negative activity. Discharge prescriptions were inappropriate in 79 of 150 cases reviewed (53%).

Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 2015;00(0): 1–5

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