Bjørn Waagsbø

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Bjørn Waagsbø er overlege ved Regionalt kompetansesenter for smittevern i Helse Midt-Norge, leder av antibiotikateamet ved St. Olavs hospital HF og representant i Helsedirektoratets redaksjon for revisjon av antibiotikaretningslinjen for sykehus.

Articles by Bjørn Waagsbø

Ciprofloxacin usage at a local hospital

Vigdis Andreassen,
Bjørn Waagsbø,
Hege Salvesen Blix

12.10.2020: Fluoroquinolones have been available in Norway since the 1980s, with ciprofloxacin accounting for the greater part of usage. From 1999 to 2012, usage almost tripled. It then decreased thereafter and had almost halved by 2019 (1). Fluoroquinolones are highly potent antibiotics which exert their...