National Trends in Antibiotic Use in Australian Residential Aged Care Facilities, 2005-2016.
Janet Kathleen SluggettMax MoldovanDavid J LynnLito E PapanicolasMaria CrottyCraig WhiteheadSteve L WesselinghGeraint B RogersMaria C InacioPublished in: Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America (2021)
This nationwide study showed substantial increases in both prevalence of use and total consumption of antibiotics in Australian RACFs between 2005 and 2016. The increasingly widespread use of antibiotics in Australian RACFs is concerning and points to a need for enhanced efforts to optimize antibiotic use in this setting.