Long-term care facilities face a dual challenge: combating infections among vulnerable populations while curbing the overuse of antibiotics that drives resistance. Such facilities serve as crucial ...

A mail-based audit and feedback (A&F) program to improve antibiotic prescribing among primary care physicians was associated ...

Antibiotic prescribing rates in nursing homes fell from 2013 to 2021, according to a recent analysis of long-term care pharmacy data. The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention evaluated data ...

Intermountain Health researchers have been awarded a $356,000 grant from Merck, a global science and technology company that develops medicines, vaccines, and other health solutions, to tackle the ...

Residents at long-term care communities who had a documented penicillin allergy were 95% less likely to receive beta-lactam antibiotics — the kind often preferred for many infections — researchers ...

For this analysis, investigators were interested in patient non–small cell lung cancer (NSCLC)–related outcomes from antibiotic administration before immunotherapy alone or immunotherapy and ...

A new study by the Cleveland Clinic finds that clinicians tend to prescribe more antibiotics in virtual care visits than they do in person. Researchers say it's the fault of the platform, not the ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . An antibiotic stewardship intervention decreased inappropriate prescribing for patients with bronchitis and ...