Journal article
Using treatment guidelines to improve antibiotic use: insights from an antibiotic point prevalence survey in Kenya
- Abstract:
- Clinical practice guidelines have the potential to improve quality of care through improving decision making and antibiotic prescription. These guidelines are particularly important in areas with limited laboratory and specialist capacity. For some of the common conditions managed in the hospitals, guidelines are not available or are outdated. To reduce irrational antibiotic use and contain the threat of antimicrobial resistance, the process of guideline development should prioritise the most common diseases. The process of developing context-appropriate clinical guidelines requires input from all relevant stakeholders with leadership from the Ministry of Health. This process needs to have a clear plan for dissemination, training and future updates.
- Publication status:
- Published
- Peer review status:
- Peer reviewed
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- Publisher copy:
- 10.1136/bmjgh-2020-003836
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- Publisher:
- BMJ Publishing Group
- Journal:
- BMJ Global Health More from this journal
- Volume:
- 6
- Issue:
- 1
- Article number:
- e003836
- Publication date:
- 2021-01-08
- Acceptance date:
- 2020-12-15
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2059-7908
- Pmid:
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33419928
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English
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1158592
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pubs:1158592
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2021-06-22
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- Maina et al.
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- 2021
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- © Author(s) (or their employer(s)) 2021. Re-use permitted under CC BY. Published by BMJ. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open access article distributed in accordance with the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 Unported (CC BY 4.0) license, which permits others to copy, redistribute, remix, transform and build upon this work for any purpose, provided the original work is properly cited, a link to the licence is given, and indication of whether changes were made. See: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/.
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