Impact of a Prescriber-driven Antibiotic Time-out on Antibiotic Use in Hospitalized Patients.
Adolescent
Adult
Anti-Bacterial Agents
/ therapeutic use
Antimicrobial Stewardship
/ methods
Bacterial Infections
/ drug therapy
Child
Drug Administration Schedule
Drug Resistance, Microbial
Drug Utilization
/ statistics & numerical data
Electronic Health Records
/ statistics & numerical data
Female
Hospitalization
Hospitals
Humans
Inappropriate Prescribing
/ statistics & numerical data
Intensive Care Units
Male
Practice Patterns, Physicians'
/ statistics & numerical data
antibiotic resistance; antibiotic time-out
antibiotic stewardship
Journal
Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America
ISSN: 1537-6591
Titre abrégé: Clin Infect Dis
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 9203213
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
24 04 2019
24 04 2019
Historique:
received:
11
07
2018
accepted:
26
11
2018
pubmed:
6
12
2018
medline:
3
7
2020
entrez:
6
12
2018
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
A multicenter quasi-experimental study of a provider-driven antibiotic "time-out" in 3470 antibiotic courses showed no difference in antibiotic use before and after implementation, but did show a decrease in inappropriate therapy (45% vs 31%, P < .05). Single time-outs without input from antibiotic stewardship teams are insufficient to optimize prescribing.
Identifiants
pubmed: 30517592
pii: 5230122
doi: 10.1093/cid/ciy852
doi:
Substances chimiques
Anti-Bacterial Agents
0
Types de publication
Journal Article
Multicenter Study
Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
1581-1584Informations de copyright
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