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Impact of the Audit and Intervention of Infectologists in the Use of Antimicrobials in Intensive Care Units

2020-12-10

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<h4>Background: </h4> Antimicrobials are among the most prescribed drugs in ICUs, where the use of these drugs is approximately 10 times greater than that of other wards. Even so, it is observed that between 30 to 60% of antimicrobial prescriptions performed in these units are unnecessary or inadequate. Thus, surveillance of antimicrobial prescription is a first and essential step to identify potential overuse or...

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Literature Corpus work: 90e4def9-07b2-57e3-bb40-f272678b7858
DOI: 10.21203/rs.3.rs-123399/v1

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