Guideline Adherence
Medical wards had the lowest reported ward-level adherence figure. Overall, 60.8% of antibiotic prescriptions aligned with Uganda’s national treatment guidelines. A US Medicare analysis found that most patients with CIED infection did not…
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Medical wards had the lowest reported ward-level adherence figure. Overall, 60.8% of antibiotic prescriptions aligned with Uganda’s national treatment guidelines. A US Medicare analysis found that most patients with CIED infection did not receive extraction within 30 days of diagnosis. Guideline adherence for confirmed CIED infection remains suboptimal in the UK, US, and Europe. Regular prescription audits and clinician feedback may have contributed to improved guideline adherence. Antibiotic prescriptions were judged adherent when the antibiotic choice matched the 2016 Uganda Clinical Guidelines for the recorded diagnosis. The article characterises low UK extraction rates and guideline non-adherence as causing preventable deaths and avoidable NHS expenditure.