Abstract

In 2012, the Israeli Ministry of Health issued national guidelines for antibiotic stewardship. The guidelines require that all general hospitals, post-acute care hospitals and the ambulatory care sectors of health maintenance organizations report annual consumption of antibiotics. Data regarding antibiotic use in post-acute care hospitals are scarce.

Highlights

  • ObjectivesTo describe antibiotic consumption in post-acute care and geriatric hospitals in Israel in 2014

  • In 2012, the Israeli Ministry of Health issued national guidelines for antibiotic stewardship

  • The guidelines require that all general hospitals, post-acute care hospitals and the ambulatory care sectors of health maintenance organizations report annual consumption of antibiotics

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Summary

Objectives

To describe antibiotic consumption in post-acute care and geriatric hospitals in Israel in 2014

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