Antimicrobial Stewardship Review of Automated Candidemia Alerts Using the Epic Stewardship Module Improves Bundle-of-Care Adherence.
antimicrobial stewardship
candidemia
electronic medical record
Journal
Open forum infectious diseases
ISSN: 2328-8957
Titre abrégé: Open Forum Infect Dis
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 101637045
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
Oct 2019
Oct 2019
Historique:
received:
06
06
2019
accepted:
30
09
2019
entrez:
30
10
2019
pubmed:
30
10
2019
medline:
30
10
2019
Statut:
epublish
Résumé
Antimicrobial stewardship interventions utilizing real-time alerting through the electronic medical record enable timely implementation of the bundle of care (BOC) for patients with severe infections, such as candidemia. Automated alerting for candidemia using the Epic stewardship module has been in place since July 2015 at our medical center. We sought to assess the impact of these alerts. All adult inpatients with candidemia between April 1, 2011, and March 31, 2012 (pre-intervention), and June 30, 2016, and July 1, 2017 (post-intervention), were evaluated for BOC adherence. We also evaluated the impact on timeliness to initiate targeted therapy, length of stay (LOS), and 30-day mortality. Eighty-four patients were included, 42 in the pre- and 42 in the post-intervention group. Adherence to BOC was significantly improved, from 48% (pre-intervention) to 83% (post-intervention; Antimicrobial stewardship program review of automated alerts identifying patients with candidemia resulted in significantly improved BOC adherence and was associated with a 1.5-hour reduction in time to initiation of antifungal therapy. No significant change was observed with 30-day mortality or LOS.
Sections du résumé
BACKGROUND
BACKGROUND
Antimicrobial stewardship interventions utilizing real-time alerting through the electronic medical record enable timely implementation of the bundle of care (BOC) for patients with severe infections, such as candidemia. Automated alerting for candidemia using the Epic stewardship module has been in place since July 2015 at our medical center. We sought to assess the impact of these alerts.
METHODS
METHODS
All adult inpatients with candidemia between April 1, 2011, and March 31, 2012 (pre-intervention), and June 30, 2016, and July 1, 2017 (post-intervention), were evaluated for BOC adherence. We also evaluated the impact on timeliness to initiate targeted therapy, length of stay (LOS), and 30-day mortality.
RESULTS
RESULTS
Eighty-four patients were included, 42 in the pre- and 42 in the post-intervention group. Adherence to BOC was significantly improved, from 48% (pre-intervention) to 83% (post-intervention;
CONCLUSIONS
CONCLUSIONS
Antimicrobial stewardship program review of automated alerts identifying patients with candidemia resulted in significantly improved BOC adherence and was associated with a 1.5-hour reduction in time to initiation of antifungal therapy. No significant change was observed with 30-day mortality or LOS.
Identifiants
pubmed: 31660370
doi: 10.1093/ofid/ofz412
pii: ofz412
pmc: PMC6788339
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Pagination
ofz412Informations de copyright
© The Author(s) 2019. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of Infectious Diseases Society of America.
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