Description
This book is about optimizing the use of antibiotics in clinical practice. It discusses topics such as the economics of drug-resistant infections and the management of antimicrobial use, as well as new information on methods to optimize the selection, route of administration, dosing, and duration of antimicrobial therapies for common infections. The book also discusses practical means to track intervention outcomes through benchmarking.
This book focuses on topics ranging from the economics of drug-resistant infections and the management of antimicrobial use to new information on methods to optimize the selection, route of administration, dosing, and duration of antimicrobial therapies for common infections. In addition to offering ideas on studied programmatic approaches for judicious utilization of antimicrobial agents, this reference discusses practical means to track intervention outcomes through benchmarking. Authored by experts in their respective fields, the book contains essential principles and practical strategies to optimize the utility of antimicrobial agents in modern inpatient health care settings.