Universität zu Köln

Jung, Norma, Lehmann, Clara ORCID: 0000-0002-7042-1578 and Faetkenheuer, Gerd (2016). The Choosing Wisely: initiative in infectious diseases. Infection, 44 (3). S. 283 - 291. HEIDELBERG: SPRINGER HEIDELBERG. ISSN 1439-0973

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Abstract

Choosing Wisely is a growing international campaign aiming on practice changes to improve patient health through avoidance of unnecessary diagnostic and therapeutic procedures. Our objective was to give an overview on recommendations related to diagnostic and therapeutic issues in infectious diseases from the Top Five lists of different medical societies and countries. 11 countries featuring specific interest in Choosing Wisely met in 2014 to learn from each other about their specific campaigns. These countries were checked for released Top Five lists and subsequently screened for issues related to infectious diseases (ID). Recommendations containing the terms infection, antibiotics, antimicrobials, antifungals, antivirals, vaccination, resistance and cultures were defined as related to ID. In 7 out of 11 countries Top Five lists have been released. Topics of infectious diseases were related to treatment, diagnostics and prevention and present in 51 out of 628 recommendations (8 %) in all countries except Japan. Notably, unnecessary use of antibiotics in upper respiratory tract infections and asymptomatic bacteriuria were cited by several societies from different countries. Several societies include topics referring to ID in their recommendations which reflect the high relevance for this field with the overuse of antibiotics as the major concern.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Creators:	Creators Email ORCID ORCID Put Code Jung, Norma UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Lehmann, Clara UNSPECIFIED orcid.org/0000-0002-7042-1578 UNSPECIFIED Faetkenheuer, Gerd UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED
URN:	urn:nbn:de:hbz:38-273467
DOI:	10.1007/s15010-015-0848-9
Journal or Publication Title:	Infection
Volume:	44
Number:	3
Page Range:	S. 283 - 291
Date:	2016
Publisher:	SPRINGER HEIDELBERG
Place of Publication:	HEIDELBERG
ISSN:	1439-0973
Language:	English
Faculty:	Unspecified
Divisions:	Unspecified
Subjects:	no entry
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Keywords Language CAMPAIGN Multiple languages Infectious Diseases Multiple languages
Refereed:	Yes
URI:	http://kups.ub.uni-koeln.de/id/eprint/27346