The impact of antibiotic stewardship interventions and patient related factors on antibiotic prescribing in a vascular surgical department.

Purpose: The development of guidelines tailored to the departments' needs and counselling during ward rounds are important antibiotic stewardship (AS) strategies. The aim was to analyse the impact of AS ward rounds and institutional guidelines as well as patient-related factors on antibiotic use in vascular surgical patients.

Methods: A retrospective prescribing-analysis of 3 months (P1, P2) before and after implementing weekly AS ward rounds and antimicrobial treatment guidelines was performed.

General practitioners' continuation and acceptance of medication changes at sectorial transitions of geriatric patients - a qualitative interview study.

Background: Follow-up in general practice on medication initiated during hospitalisation is often perceived to be inadequate, which leads to unintended drug interaction and over- or underdosage of medication. Little is known about General Practitioners (GPs') views on medication changes during the transition from hospital to primary care. We conducted a qualitative interview study to understand GPs' views on the medication changes made for their patients by hospital physicians in a geriatric ward and the GPs' actions after discharge.