Surveillance of Antibiotic Consumption Point Prevalence Survey 2014: Antimicrobial Prescribing in Pediatrics Wards of 16 Iranian Hospitals. - Concepedia

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Surveillance of Antibiotic Consumption Point Prevalence Survey 2014: Antimicrobial Prescribing in Pediatrics Wards of 16 Iranian Hospitals.

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2016

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Alireza Fahimzad, Zahra Eydian, Abdollah Karimi, Farideh Shiva, Shirin Sayyahfar, Manijeh Kahbazi, Aliakbar Rahbarimanesh, Iraj Sedighi, Reza Arjmand, Gholamreza Soleimani,

Abstract

According to results of this study, antibiotics' prescribing in pediatrics wards of Iranian hospitals is empirical. Therefore, for quality improvement of antimicrobial use in children continuous audit process and antibiotic prescriptions require further investigation.