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Expected Practice as a Novel Antibiotic Stewardship Intervention.

ABSTRACT: "Expected practice" is a recently described method to alter clinical behavior. We implemented an expected practice around short-course antibiotic therapy, which was associated with decreased antibiotic utilization for multiple bacterial infections. Thus, we describe this expected practice as a novel, simple, and inexpensive tool to enhance antibiotic stewardship.

SUBMITTER: Yadav K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6324551 | biostudies-other | 2019 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other

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Expected Practice as a Novel Antibiotic Stewardship Intervention.

Yadav Kabir K   Masuda Eriko E   Minejima Emi E   Spellberg Brad B  

Open forum infectious diseases 20181203 1

"Expected practice" is a recently described method to alter clinical behavior. We implemented an expected practice around short-course antibiotic therapy, which was associated with decreased antibiotic utilization for multiple bacterial infections. Thus, we describe this expected practice as a novel, simple, and inexpensive tool to enhance antibiotic stewardship. ...[more]