Pharmacy-implemented guidelines on switching from intravenous to oral antibiotics: an intervention study
McLaughlin, C.M. and Bodasing, N. and Boyter, A.C. and Fenelon, C. and Fox, J.G. and Seaton, A.V. (2005) Pharmacy-implemented guidelines on switching from intravenous to oral antibiotics: an intervention study. Quarterly Journal of Medicine, 98 (10). pp. 745-752. ISSN 1460-2725
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A high proportion of medical in-patients in the UK receive intravenous (IV) antibiotic therapy. This may be inappropriate in non-severe infections, or unnecessarily prolonged. Data relating to infection and antibiotic therapy were collected for 4 weeks pre-intervention (group 1) and 4 weeks post intervention (group 2). Six months later, data were collected for a further 4 weeks following a second intervention (group 3). Interventions consisted of pharmacy-led implementation of guidelines incorporating criteria for IV therapy and switching to the oral route. The second intervention also included pharmacy-initiated feedback on prescribing. The main outcome measures were IV antibiotic duration, and appropriateness of the IV route and switching.
| Author(s): | McLaughlin, C.M., Bodasing, N., Boyter, A.C.  ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6088-5571, Fenelon, C., Fox, J.G. and Seaton, A.V. | Item type: | Article |
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| ID code: | 4107 |
| Keywords: | Pharmacy guidelines, intravenous medication, oral antibiotics, study, Therapeutics. Pharmacology |
| Subjects: | Medicine > Therapeutics. Pharmacology |
| Department: | Faculty of Science > Strathclyde Institute of Pharmacy and Biomedical Sciences Unknown Department |
| Depositing user: | Strathprints Administrator |
| Date deposited: | 25 Sep 2007 |
| Last modified: | 25 Jun 2019 10:43 |
| URI: | https://strathprints.strath.ac.uk/id/eprint/4107 |
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