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What Is an Antibiogram and Why Should a Nursing Home Use It? A nursing home-specific antibiogram may be an effective and inexpensive tool for improving appropriate antibiotic prescribing. An ...

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Instead, say doctors, narrow-spectrum antibiotics should be prioritised. But hospitals often lack antibiograms - microbiology-based antibiotic guidelines - forcing doctors to prescribe "broadly ...