The impact of a weekly antimicrobial stewardship team intervention on antibiotic prescriptions in Dutch nursing homes: a protocol for a randomised controlled trial
Kelly C. Paap, Lisa M. Kolodziej, Laura W. van Buul, Menno D. de Jong, Maarten F. Schim van der Loeff, Sacha D. Kuil · 2025
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Paap and co-authors set out the protocol for a trial testing whether weekly expert review can curb needless antibiotic prescriptions in Dutch nursing homes, in a 2025 paper. Antibiotics are often prescribed inappropriately for suspected urine, lung, and skin infections in such homes, and stewardship programs proven in hospitals have barely been tried there.
Clinicians will be randomized to usual care or to a weekly session where a microbiologist audits prescriptions and gives feedback, over thirty-six weeks. The main measure is the rate of inappropriate prescriptions per clinician. A parallel process study will map what helps or hinders adoption, to guide wider rollout if the approach works.
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| CREATOR | Kelly C. Paap, Lisa M. Kolodziej, Laura W. van Buul, Menno D. de Jong, Maarten F. Schim van der Loeff, Sacha D. Kuil |
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| YEAR | 2025 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 23 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |