Journal article
Optimizing antibiotics in residents of nursing homes: protocol of a randomized trial.
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Antibiotics are frequently prescribed for older adults who reside in long-term care facilities. A substantial proportion of antibiotic use in this setting is inappropriate. Antibiotics are often prescribed for asymptomatic bacteriuria, a condition for which randomized trials of antibiotic therapy indicate no benefit and in fact harm. This proposal describes a randomized trial of diagnostic and therapeutic algorithms to reduce the …
Authors
Loeb M; Brazil K; Lohfeld L; McGeer A; Simor A; Stevenson K; Walter S; Zoutman D
Journal
BMC Health Services Research, Vol. 2, No. 1,
Publication Date
January 1, 2002
DOI
10.1186/1472-6963-2-17