Outpatient antibiotic stewardship during the COVID-19 era: analysis of prescribing trends and guideline compliance
The findings stress the need for strengthened antimicrobial stewardship in outpatient settings. The increasing rate of antibiotic prescriptions and discrepancies in guideline concordance reiterate the importance of ongoing monitoring and targeted interventions.
Authors
- Benjamin Pontefract (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6675-4409)
- Minji Sohn (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7066-7789)
- Michael E. Klepser (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9025-9099)
- Kushal Dahal
Institutions
- Ferris State University (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Antimicrobial Stewardship & Healthcare Epidemiology
- Published
- 2025-01-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1017/ash.2025.10081
- Citations
- 2
- Primary Topic
- Antibiotic Use and Resistance
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 2.52