Journal article
Virtual learning collaboratives to improve urine culturing and antibiotic prescribing in long-term care: controlled before-and-after study
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Urine culturing practices are highly variable in long-term care and contribute to overprescribing of antibiotics for presumed urinary tract infections. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the use of virtual learning collaboratives to support long-term care homes in implementing a quality improvement programme focused on reducing unnecessary urine culturing and antibiotic overprescribing.
METHODS: Over a 4-month period (May …
Authors
Chambers A; Chen C; Brown KA; Daneman N; Langford B; Leung V; Adomako K; Schwartz KL; Moore JE; Quirk J
Journal
BMJ Quality & Safety, Vol. 31, No. 2, pp. 94–104
Publisher
BMJ
Publication Date
February 2022
DOI
10.1136/bmjqs-2020-012226
ISSN
2044-5415