A finger-prick blood test could help prevent overuse of antibiotics in people with a common lung condition. What’s more, the approach is safe for patients, according to a new British study. Flares of ...

Reminding clinicians of their obligation to prescribe appropriately may be effective in reducing inappropriate use of antibiotics, according to research published in the Journal of the American ...

If we get a bacterial infection, doctors use antibiotics to treat it. But sometimes people are infected by pathogens that are resistant to the effects of antibiotics, a growing problem worldwide. If ...

California and Illinois are testing a simple strategy in select facilities. Hospitals and nursing homes in California and Illinois are testing a surprisingly simple strategy against the dangerous, ...

(Reuters Health) - Some nursing home facilities prescribe antibiotics more often than others, which is tied to increased health risks, even for residents who don’t receive the medications, according ...

A study of urine culturing in 600 Ontario nursing homes found that residents’ health characteristics are not the driver of antibiotic overuse. Rather, it’s unstewarded overscreening and ...

"Prescribing high-risk antibiotics to nursing home patients may be linked with higher likelihood of being colonized with multidrug-resistant organisms (MDROs) or having MDRO-contaminated rooms," ...

Despite a federal push to require nursing homes to establish antibiotic stewardship programs, about 25 percent have policies that are not comprehensive, according to a study published in the American ...