2015
Association Between Outpatient Antibiotic Prescribing Practices and Community-Associated Clostridium difficile Infection
Dantes R, Mu Y, Hicks L, Cohen J, Bamberg W, Beldavs Z, Dumyati G, Farley M, Holzbauer S, Meek J, Phipps E, Wilson L, Winston L, McDonald L, Lessa F. Association Between Outpatient Antibiotic Prescribing Practices and Community-Associated Clostridium difficile Infection. Open Forum Infectious Diseases 2015, 2: ofv113. PMID: 26509182, PMCID: PMC4551478, DOI: 10.1093/ofid/ofv113.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchClostridium difficile infectionCA-CDI ratesOutpatient antibiotic prescribingAntibiotic useAntibiotic prescribingDifficile infectionCommunity-Associated Clostridium difficile InfectionIMS Health Xponent databaseOutpatient antibiotic prescribing practicesAmoxicillin/clavulanic acidCA-CDI casesSurveillance area residentAntibiotic prescribing ratesAntibiotic prescription ratesAntibiotic prescribing practicesCourse of antibioticsOral antibiotic prescriptionsLaboratory-based surveillance dataOutpatient antibiotic useCDI preventionAntibiotic prescriptionsPrescribing ratesHospital admissionPrescription ratesPrescribing practices
2010
Influenza Testing and Antiviral Prescribing Practices Among Emergency Department Clinicians in 9 States During the 2006 to 2007 Influenza Season
Mueller M, Smith P, Baumbach J, Palumbo J, Meek J, Gershman K, Vandermeer M, Thomas A, Long C, Belflower R, Spina N, Martin K, Lynfield R, Openo K, Kirley P, Pasutti L, Barnes B, Schaffner W, Kamimoto L. Influenza Testing and Antiviral Prescribing Practices Among Emergency Department Clinicians in 9 States During the 2006 to 2007 Influenza Season. Annals Of Emergency Medicine 2010, 55: 32-39. PMID: 20116012, DOI: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2009.09.019.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsEmergency department cliniciansInfluenza testingAntiviral medicationsInfluenza seasonED cliniciansClinician testingTreatment decisionsEmerging Infections Program NetworkTreatment practicesInfections Program NetworkInfluenza-associated hospitalizationsType of hospitalFirst-line providersInfluenza medicationsAntiviral useTreatment guidelinesHospital EDPrescribing practicesHospital testingInfluenza diseaseActive surveillanceClinical guidelinesClinicians' perceptionsHospital typeMedications