Friday, October 31, 2025
Friday, October 31, 2025

A lack of detailed record-keeping in clinics and emergency departments may be getting in the way of reducing the inappropriate use of antibiotics, a pair of new studies suggests. In one of the studies, about 10% of children and 35% of adults who got an antibiotic prescription during an office visit had no specific reason for the antibiotic in their record.
Read more …Better medical record-keeping needed to fight antibiotic overuse

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