Antibiotics

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Antibiotic Recalled Over Impurity Findings
Ascend Laboratories is recalling nine lots of cephalexin for oral suspension because impurity results during testing were “at [the] higher side of the specification limit.”
Increased Focus on Prescriber Role Needed to Improve Antibiotic Prescribing in Nursing Homes
Researchers found that the perceived professional role and identity of nursing home physicians significantly influences their antibiotic prescribing.
Children’s Hospitals Are Partly to Blame as Superbugs Increasingly Attack Kids
A growing body of research shows that overuse and misuse of antibiotics in children’s hospitals is helping fuel superbugs, which typically strike frail older adults but are increasingly infecting…

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Antibiotic Recalled Over Impurity Findings
Increased Focus on Prescriber Role Needed to Improve Antibiotic Prescribing in Nursing Homes
Children’s Hospitals Are Partly to Blame as Superbugs Increasingly Attack Kids
Antibiotic Tablets Recalled
Antibiotic Recalled
Risk of Major Malformations Increased Among Pregnant Women Prescribed Macrolide Antibiotics
Antibiotics Likely Unneeded for Aspiration of Pancreatic Cysts
Two-Day Antibiotic Regimen Reduces Risk of Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia
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Breakthroughs Needed to Combat Antibiotic Resistance
Pharmaceutical developments are not keeping pace with mutations in antibiotics; and, while international stakeholders recognize the severity of antimicrobial resistance, new breakthroughs in technology are needed to combat this threat.
Helping Prevent Sepsis-Related Deaths With Appropriate Antibiotics
Chanu Rhee, MD, MPH, intensivist and infectious disease physician at Brigham and Women’s Hospital and assistant professor in the Department of Population Medicine at Harvard Medical School, explains why pharmacists play an important role in sepsis…
Drug Overprescribing by Physicians: Are Marketing Practices or Prescribers to Blame?
The pharmaceutical industry has primarily targeted consumers and physicians through many media platforms.
Program Promotes Appropriate Antibiotic Use
Gregory Eschenauer, PharmD, a clinical pharmacist in infectious diseases at Michigan Health, discusses an antibiotic stewardship program, the serious issue of antibiotic resistance, and why it doesn’t make sense to optimize antibiotic use in the…
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Recommended Duration of Antibiotic Prescriptions
Do antibiotic prescriptions often exceed the recommended treatment durations?
What Percentage of Antibiotics are Inappropriately Prescribed?
A recent study examined antibiotic prescribing rates. See if you know how many antibiotics were inappropriately prescribed. 
"Complete the Course" Advice for Antibiotic Use
Which scientist played a role in the discovery of penicillin and is credited with starting the “complete the course” mantra of antibiotic use?
Tolerating Penicillin-Based Antibiotics
What percentage of patients with a reported penicillin allergy will tolerate penicillin antibiotics?
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