The potential for clinical guidelines to impact appropriate antimicrobial agent use

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Gross, PA [1 ]
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[1] UNIV MED & DENT NEW JERSEY,NEW JERSEY MED SCH,NEWARK,NJ 07103
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10.1016/S0891-5520(05)70391-3
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R392 [医学免疫学]; Q939.91 [免疫学];
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100102 ;
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Practice guidelines fan help clinicians and microbiologists improve the quality and efficiency of health care. Numerous areas are In need of guideline development and development of quality improvement programs. These areas include antibiotic control, duration of antibiotic administration, use of narrowest spectrum, least toxic, lowest cost-effective antibiotic, ase of rapid diagnostic tests, management of outpatient intravenous antibiotics, antibiotic prophylaxis for surgery, switching from intravenous to oral antibiotics, antibiotic selection for special situations, diagnosis of Lyme disease, and several other topics. IDSA, SHEA, CDC, NM, and other organizations are cooperating to develop these guidelines.
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