Effectiveness of education and an antibiotic-control program in a tertiary care hospital in Thailand.

@article{Apisarnthanarak2006EffectivenessOE,
  title={Effectiveness of education and an antibiotic-control program in a tertiary care hospital in Thailand.},
  author={Anucha Apisarnthanarak and Somwang Danchaivijitr and Thana Khawcharoenporn and Julajak Limsrivilai and Boonyasit Warachan and Thomas C. Bailey and Victoria J. Fraser},
  journal={Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America},
  year={2006},
  volume={42 6},
  pages={
          768-75
        }
}
BACKGROUND We conducted a study to evaluate the impact of education and an antibiotic-control program on antibiotic-prescribing practices, antibiotic consumption, antimicrobial resistance, and cost of antibiotics in a tertiary care hospital in Thailand. METHODS A study of the year before and the year after the intervention was performed. Inpatient antibiotic prescriptions were prospectively observed. Demographic characteristics, hospital unit, indication for antibiotic prescription… 
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