Record Status This is a bibliographic record of a published health technology assessment. No evaluation of the quality of this assessment has been made for the HTA database. Citation Health Council of the Netherlands. Antibiotics in hospitals: prophylaxis and antibiotic stewardship. The Hague: Health Council of the Netherlands Gezondheidsraad (GR). 2015/12. 2015 Authors' conclusions In the summer of 2013, the Minister of Health, Welfare and Sport asked the Health Council for advice regarding the use of antibiotics in human health care. The Minister's questions focused on two main issues. Firstly, the Minister asked the Health Council to address aspects of antibiotic therapy that may contribute to
antibiotic resistance, with selective decontamination mentioned as a specific example. Secondly, the Minister requested advice about potential measures that may be implemented within the framework of the antibiotic stewardship programme deployed in Dutch hospitals and, additionally, about the utility and necessity of reserving certain antibiotics for specific cases.
Indexing Status Subject indexing assigned by CRD MeSH Anti-Bacterial Agents; Drug Prescriptions; Drug Resistance, Bacterial; Drug Resistance, Multiple, Bacterials; Hospitals; Practice Patterns, Physicians'; Preventive Medicine Language Published English Country of organisation Netherlands English summary An English language summary is available. Address for correspondence Postbus 16052, 2500 BB Den Haag, The Netherlands. Tel: +31 70 340 7520;Fax: +31 70 340 7523 Email: info@gr.nl AccessionNumber 32015000617 Date abstract record published 01/06/2015 |