Interventions to improve the review of antibiotic therapy in acute care hospitals: a systematic review and narrative synthesis.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To synthesize current evidence for the effectiveness of interventions to ensure the timely review of antibiotics in acute care hospitals.

Methods

Five databases were searched from 1 January 2015 to 8 March 2019 for studies in English, focused on the timely review of antibiotics in acute care hospitals. Randomized controlled trials, non-randomized studies, case-control and cohort study designs were eligible. Intervention strategies were categorized according to the Cochrane Effective Practice and Organisation of Care taxonomy of health interventions, then mapped to the intervention functions of the behaviour change wheel.

Results

Fourteen studies were included. Most studies (11 out of 14) were conducted in single sites. Nine out of 14 reported intervention d

SUBMITTER: Matuluko A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8210161 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature