The diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of infectious diseases in older adults in long‐term
care facilities (LTCF s), particularly nursing facilities, remains a challenge for all health …

Background Antimicrobial stewardship programmes are needed in long-term care facilities
(LTCFs) to tackle antimicrobial resistance. We aimed to identify factors associated with …

Background Overuse of antibiotics in the elderly population is contributing to the global
health problem of antibiotic resistance. Hence, it is important to improve prescribing …

Materials and Methods: This cross-sectional study employed a structured questionnaire in
77 layer poultry farms in the provinces of Lusaka and Copperbelt, Zambia, from September …

In this study, we use real-world data to explore trends in antibiotic use in a dynamic cohort of
long-term care (LTC) residents. A cross-sectional retrospective analysis of pharmacy …

Objectives This review aims to (1) examine existing definitions of omissions of care in the
healthcare environment and associated characteristics and (2) outline adverse events that …

Abstract Objective Nursing homes (NHs) are an important target for antibiotic stewardship
(AS). We describe a collaborative model to reduce Clostridioides difficile infections (CDIs) in …

Patients presenting to the emergency department (ED) represent a heterogeneous
population comprised of all ages, various backgrounds, such as from the community and …

Objective To determine which nursing home (NH) resident characteristics were most
important to clinicians' decision to prescribe antibiotics for a suspected urinary tract infection …

The community of bacteria that colonize the urinary tract, the urinary microbiome, is
hypothesized to influence a wide variety of urinary tract conditions. Older adults who reside …