Study: Antibiotics prescribed by VA dentists mostly unnecessary
By
Kristen Fischer
Feb 22, 2024
More than half of the antibiotics that dentists from the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) gave to patients probably weren’t needed, according to a study published Tuesday in Infection Control & Hospital...
Clinical briefs for Monday, Jan. 8
By
Kristen Fischer
Jan 08, 2024
Intermittent fasting lowers obesity-linked brain inflammation and cognitive decline … More US hospitals meeting antibiotic stewardship standards … List prices for 500 drugs going up in January, report...
Clinical briefs for Wednesday, Dec. 13
By
Kristen Fischer
Dec 13, 2023
How one woman kept Alzheimer’s proteins at bay … Study estimates cognitive aging with stroke, other ailments … Audiologists, geriatricians team up to improve hearing care … Knowledge, structure,...
Mayo Clinic’s antibiotic stewardship intervention cut unnecessary prescribing, study reveals
By
Kristen Fischer
Nov 27, 2023
Mayo Clinic’s multifaceted outpatient antibiotic stewardship intervention lowered unnecessary antibiotic prescribing for upper respiratory infections, according to a new study. The report was published...
Flu shots in older adults linked to less antibiotic use for respiratory infections, study shows
By
Kristen Fischer
Nov 01, 2023
Older adults who receive flu shots have less unnecessary antibiotic use, according to new research published Oct. 28 in the Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy.
Clinical briefs for Friday, Aug. 25
By
Kristen Fischer
Aug 25, 2023
No change in prescribing rates for dental-related antibiotics … Spotting adenine in urine could signal kidney failure in people with diabetes … Gene variant that boosts Parkinson’s risk found in...
Reduce unneeded urine testing to cut antibiotic use in long-term care, study advises
By
Kristen Fischer
Aug 18, 2023
If healthcare workers in long-term care communities can reduce unnecessary urine culture testing on residents, they can also lower the amount of unneeded antibiotics, according to a new report in The BMJ.
Quick tests, algorithms can cut antibiotic use in Staph infections
By
Kristen Fischer
Aug 02, 2023
Using rapid diagnostic tests and algorithms to make suggestions on how to best use antibiotics helped reduce the amount of days people needed to stay on them, a new report finds.
FDA approves test that tells viral from bacterial infections
By
Kristen Fischer
Jul 11, 2023
A new test takes the guesswork out of figuring out if you have a viral or bacterial infection. And it could mean that people may no longer receive antibiotics if they don’t need them.
Antimicrobial dressings raise new concerns
By
Kimberly Marselas
Jul 10, 2023
Wound care professionals need to do a better job of balancing the use of antimicrobial products for healing with concerns about “uncontrolled” reliance amid increasing antibiotic resistance, British...