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Faculty and Resident Physicians' Attitudes, Perceptions, and Knowledge about Antimicrobial Use and Resistance

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Lilian Abbo ,
Ronda Sinkowitz-Cochran ,
Laura Smith ,
Ella Ariza-Heredia ,
Orlando Gómez-Marín ,
Arjun Srinivasan  and
Thomas M. Hooton
Lilian Abbo*
Affiliation:
Department of Medicine, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, Florida Antimicrobial Stewardship Program, Jackson Memorial Hospital, Miami, Florida
Ronda Sinkowitz-Cochran
Affiliation:
Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia
Laura Smith
Affiliation:
Antimicrobial Stewardship Program, Jackson Memorial Hospital, Miami, Florida
Ella Ariza-Heredia
Affiliation:
Department of Medicine, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, Florida
Orlando Gómez-Marín
Affiliation:
Department of Medicine, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, Florida Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, Florida
Arjun Srinivasan
Affiliation:
Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia
Thomas M. Hooton
Affiliation:
Department of Medicine, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, Florida
*
University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, 1400 NW 10th Street, Suite 813A (D-90A), Miami, FL 33136 (labbo@med.miami.edu)
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We surveyed faculty and residents to assess attitudes, perceptions, and knowledge about antimicrobial use and resistance. Most respondents were concerned about resistance when prescribing antibiotics and agreed that antibiotics are overused, that inappropriate use is professionally unethical, and that others, but not themselves, overprescribe antibiotics. Antimicrobial stewardship programs should capitalize on these perceptions.

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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 32 , Issue 7 , July 2011 , pp. 714 - 718
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Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 2011

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