[ad_1] An infectious disease specialist should be consulted before receiving intravenous (IV) antimicrobial infusion therapy outside of the hospital, suggesting updated guidelines published by the Insiders Diseases Society of America (IDSA). ) …
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[ad_1] The Comprehensive Care Center (CCC), one of the largest and most successful HIV / AIDS outpatient treatment centers in the country, is moving towards Vanderbilt Health Cent Oaks. As of October …
Read More »Study: widely prescribed outpatient antibiotics without diagnosis of infection
[ad_1] Several studies in recent years have documented a significant amount of antibiotics prescribed in outpatients for respiratory infections usually caused by viruses and not requiring antibiotics. In emergency rooms, doctor's offices …
Read More »20% of outpatient antibiotics prescribed without a patient visit
[ad_1] Jeffrey A. Linder Ebbing Lautenbach SAN FRANCISCO — Another large study has spotlighted the rampant overprescribing of antibiotics to outpatients. This one showed that one in five prescriptions is …
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