A patient safety alert has been issued following reports of patients with penicillin allergies being incorrectly recorded ...

(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 ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . The CDC recommends that nurses improve their evaluation of penicillin allergies. A mnemonic device helped ...

"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," ...

An analysis of Minimum Data Set assessments has found that overall antibiotic use in nursing homes did not change from 2012 to 2016, and that there was an increase in use where no infection was ...

A recent study found that using probiotics and antibiotics for Clostridioides difficile is safe and effective. The study was published in JAC-Antimicrobial Resistance on Sept. 6. People living in ...

CHICAGO -- A woman dying of Alzheimer's has a fever. Should she be given antibiotics? Many people would say yes. But a provocative new study suggests that antibiotics are overused in people dying of ...

CHICAGO -- A woman dying of Alzheimer's has a fever. Should she be given antibiotics? Many people would say yes. But a provocative new study suggests that antibiotics are overused in people dying of ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Antibiotic use fell 28% in nursing homes over the course of a decade. CMS stewardship requirements in effect ...

A new study shows the benefits of removing penicillin allergy labels for kids. Some were warned by a parent before every health care encounter. Some heard it from a doctor. Others remember an ...

Many nurse prescribers feel under pressure from patients to give unnecessary antibiotics for upper respiratory tract infections, sometimes leading them to do so against their better judgement, ...