Antibiotic Use in European Hospitals and Pharmacies
A special issue of Antibiotics (ISSN 2079-6382).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 December 2021) | Viewed by 10101
Special Issue Editors
2. Department of Dermato-oncology, Semmelweis University, H-1085 Budapest, Hungary
Interests: clinical pharmacy; medication use; antibiotics
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2. Central Pharmacy, Albert Szent-Györgyi Medical Center, University of Szeged, H-6725 Szeged, Hungary
3. Emergency Department, Albert Szent-Györgyi Health Centre, University of Szeged, Semmelweis Street 6, H-6725 Szeged, Hungary
Interests: drug utilization research regarding antibiotics both ambulatory and hospital settings
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Characteristics of AB use in out- and inpatient heath care settings
The prudent use of antibiotics is one of the most important tools in our hands to contain antibacterial resistance (AMR). As the epicenter of AMR is the hospital setting, optimization of inpatient antibiotic use is crucial, while ambulatory antibacterial use is important as the majority of consumption happens in the outpatient setting. Field research on population-level aggregated data and patient-level data is extremely important and can help to identify problematic fields. We ask authors to share their results based on aggregated or patient-level data and send manuscripts to this Special Issue based on the following topics:
- Introduction and results of hospital AB stewardship or outpatient setting;
- Treatment of infections caused by multidrug-resistant bacteria at the ICU setting: patient outcomes;
- Identifying local problems of hospital antibacterial use based on patient-level data;
- Outpatient consumption—non-prescription use;
- Rational and irrational prescribing in ambulatory care;
- Antibacterial prescribing in special populations (elderly, pediatrics, pregnant women, etc.);
- The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on national-level antibacterial use;
- Determinants of prudent antibacterial use.
Dr. Soós Gyöngyvér
Dr. Benkő Ria
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- public health
- AB stewardship
- consumption metrics
- point prevalence study
- aggregated data
- patient level data
- innovative antibacterials
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