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Volume 25, Number 1—January 2019
Research

Effects of Antibiotic Cycling Policy on Incidence of Healthcare-Associated MRSA and Clostridioides difficile Infection in Secondary Healthcare Settings

Geraldine Mary Conlon-Bingham1Comments to Author , Mamoon Aldeyab, Michael Scott, Mary Patricia Kearney, David Farren, Fiona Gilmore, and James McElnay
Author affiliations: Queen’s University Belfast, Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK (G.M. Conlon-Bingham, J. McElnay); Antrim Hospital, Antrim, Northern Ireland, UK (M. Aldeyab); Ulster University, Coleraine, Northern Ireland, UK (M. Aldeyab); Northern Health and Social Care Trust, Antrim (M. Scott, M.P. Kearney, D. Farren, F. Gilmore)

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Figure 3

Trends in antibiotic use throughout preintervention (November 2011–September 2013), intervention (October 2013–September 2015), and postintervention (October 15–September 2016) periods in Antrim Area Hospital, Northern Ireland, UK. A) amoxicillin/clavulanic acid; B) piperacillin/tazobactam; C) macrolides; D) fluoroquinolones. Antibiotic is defined daily doses/100 bad days.

Figure 3. Trends in antibiotic use throughout preintervention (November 2011–September 2013), intervention (October 2013–September 2015), and postintervention (October 15–September 2016) periods in Antrim Area Hospital, Northern Ireland, UK. A) amoxicillin/clavulanic acid; B) piperacillin/tazobactam; C) macrolides; D) fluoroquinolones. Antibiotic is defined daily doses/100 bad days.

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1Current affiliation: Craigavon Area Hospital, Craigavon, Northern Ireland, UK.

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