Comparison of Content and Format for Upper Respiratory Illness Antibiotic Prescribing Guideline Developed by Two Midwestern Organizations.
Antimicrobial resistance is a rapidly emerging public health problem, largely due to antibiotic prescribing which lacks an evidence base. We previously reported the results of local efforts within a single healthcare system at devising clinical guidelines to reduce unnecessary and even inappropriate antibiotic prescribing. This paper presents a comparison of the antibiotic guidelines developed by that process with those released by Institute for Clinical Systems Improvement, a national clinical quality organization. We found that the content of the guidelines are comparable, but not identical, while the formats differed, fitting separate but overlapping niches.
Jayme
J
Vanbeek
Wendell W
WW
Hoffman
Mark K
MK
Huntington
D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D006801:Humans; D057970:Inappropriate Prescribing / Q000517:prevention & control*; D015146:Midwestern United States; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D010818:Practice Patterns, Physicians'; D012141:Respiratory Tract Infections / Q000188:drug therapy*
D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents