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A healthcare worker and patient-informed approach to oral antibiotic decision making during the hospital-to-home transition

Year: 2021

Type: article

Abstract: In a qualitative study of healthcare workers and patients discharged on oral antibiotics, we identified 5 barriers to antibiotic decision making at hospital discharge: clinician perceptions of patient expectations, diagnostic uncertainty, attending physician-led versus multidisciplinary team culture, not accounting for total antibiotic duration, and need for discharge prior to complete data.

Source: Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

DOI: 10.1017/ice.2020.1383