A Statewide Antibiotic Stewardship Collaborative to Improve the Diagnosis and Treatment of Urinary Tract and Skin and Soft Tissue Infections.

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Colorado hospitals participated in a statewide collaborative to improve the management of inpatient urinary tract infections (UTIs) and skin and soft tissue infections (SSTIs). We evaluated the effects of the intervention on diagnostic accuracy and antibiotic use.

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Journal ID (iso-abbrev): Clin. Infect. Dis.

Title: Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America

Publisher: Oxford University Press (OUP)

ISSN (Electronic): 1537-6591

ISSN (Print): 1058-4838

Publication date (Electronic): October 30 2018

Volume: 67

Issue: 10

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[1 ] Department of Medicine, Denver Health, Aurora.

[2 ] Division of Infectious Diseases, Denver Health, Aurora.

[3 ] Department of Patient Safety and Quality, Denver Health, Aurora.

[4 ] Department of Medicine, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora.

[5 ] Division of Infectious Diseases, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora.

[6 ] Colorado Hospital Association, Englewood.

[7 ] Department of Pharmacy, Denver Health, Cortez.

[8 ] Infection Prevention and Clinical Pharmacy, Southwest Health System, Cortez.

[9 ] Department of Pharmacy, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora.

[10 ] CarePoint Infectious Diseases, Denver, Colorado.

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Publisher Item ID: 4956700

DOI: 10.1093/cid/ciy268

PubMed ID: 29617742

SO-VID: 95c0d267-e4ef-4a5b-b39a-ce1b5766f2b3

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