Intervention Review

Interventions to improve antibiotic prescribing practices for hospital inpatients

  1. Peter Davey1,*,
  2. Erwin Brown2,
  3. Lynda Fenelon3,
  4. Roger Finch4,
  5. Ian Gould5,
  6. Giles Hartman6,
  7. Alison Holmes7,
  8. Craig Ramsay8,
  9. Eric Taylor9,
  10. Mark Wilcox10,
  11. Philip J Wiffen11

Editorial Group: Cochrane Effective Practice and Organisation of Care Group

Published Online: 15 APR 2009

Assessed as up-to-date: 27 JUL 2005

DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD003543.pub2

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Davey P, Brown E, Fenelon L, Finch R, Gould I, Hartman G, Holmes A, Ramsay C, Taylor E, Wilcox M, Wiffen PJ. Interventions to improve antibiotic prescribing practices for hospital inpatients. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2005, Issue 4. Art. No.: CD003543. DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD003543.pub2.

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  1. 1

    University of Dundee, Division of Clinical and Population Sciences and Education, Dundee, Scotland, UK

  2. 2

    Frenchay Hospital, Department of Pathology, Bristol, UK

  3. 3

    St Vincent's University Hospital, Department of Microbiology, Dublin 4, Republic of Ireland, Ireland

  4. 4

    Clinical Sciences Building, City Hospital, Division of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, Nottingham, UK

  5. 5

    Aberdeen Royal Infirmary, Department of Medical Microbiology, Aberdeen , UK

  6. 6

    J Floor, Old Main Building, J47 86 Senior Consultant's Corridor, Observatory, Cape Town, South Africa

  7. 7

    Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine, Department of Infectious Diseases and Microbiology, London, UK

  8. 8

    University of Aberdeen, Health Services Research Unit, Division of Applied Health Sciences, Aberdeen, UK

  9. 9

    Inverclyde Royal Hospital, Greenock, UK

  10. 10

    University of Leeds, Department of Microbiology, Leeds, UK

  11. 11

    UK Cochrane Centre, Oxford, UK

*Peter Davey, Division of Clinical and Population Sciences and Education, University of Dundee, Mackenzie Building, Kirsty Semple Way, Dundee, Scotland, DD2 4BF, UK. p.g.davey@cpse.dundee.ac.uk.

Publication History

  1. Publication Status: Edited (no change to conclusions)
  2. Published Online: 15 APR 2009

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