Dental antibiotic stewardship: study protocol for developing international consensus on a core outcome set.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Antimicrobial resistance is both a global public health and patient safety problem driven by overprescribing of antibiotic and other antimicrobial drugs. To conserve the effectiveness of antibiotics for future generations, antibiotic stewardship approaches to using them only where appropriate and necessary are advocated. Dentistry accounts for about 10% of antibiotic prescriptions across global healthcare, with 80% not in accordance with guidance in some countries. Core outcome sets enable the results of studies to be compared in order to maximise the value which can be derived from them. The aim of this study is to develop an international consensus on a core outcome set for dental antibiotic stewardship.

Methods

Consensus on outcomes which are critical for inclu

SUBMITTER: Thompson W 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8817512 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature