Strategic antibiotic decision-making at the formulary level.
The proliferation of antimicrobial agents introduced for the treatment of increasingly complex infectious diseases, coupled with the obligation to provide the best possible medical care in keeping with hospital fiscal constraints, has created a need for strategic decision-making about antibiotics at the formulary level. The following experience at the Hartford Hospital, a 1,000-bed tertiary-care facility, represents an example of an antibiotic management system based on a multidisciplinary approach that utilizes infectious disease physicians, clinical microbiologists, hospital epidemiologists, and pharmacists.
Department of Microbiology, Hartford Hospital, Connecticut 06115.
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D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000493:pharmacokinetics / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D003657:Decision Making; D004363:Drug Utilization; D005572:Formularies, Hospital as Topic / Q000592:standards*; D006801:Humans
D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents