Long-term sustainability of improvements in antibiotic prescribing after implementation of a local guideline for the management of patients hospitalized with skin and soft tissue infection.

ABSTRACT: A local guideline for the management of patients hospitalized with skin and soft tissue infections was implemented at an academic, safety-net hospital. Immediate reductions in use of broad-spectrum antibiotics and durations of therapy were sustained over the subsequent 12 years.

SUBMITTER: Frappa KE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12451805 | biostudies-literature | 2025

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature