Errors in antibiotic transitions between hospital and nursing home: How often do they occur?

We performed systematic review on 40 paired hospital and nursing home charts from a clinical trial to evaluate the fidelity of transitions of care among those discharged on antibiotics. We found that 30% of transitions included an inappropriate change to the patient's antibiotic plan of care.

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Published in:Infection control and hospital epidemiology 2019-12, Vol.40 (12), p.1416-1419
Main Authors: Dickinson, Drew T, Rashid, Syma, Weiland, Anastasiia, Tjoa, Thomas, Kim, Diane S, Huang, Susan S
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Antibiotics
Blood tests
Creatinine
Documentation
Drug dosages
Hospitals
Laboratories
Metabolism
Nursing
Nursing homes
Patients
Pneumonia
Staphylococcus infections
Urinary tract diseases
Urinary tract infections
Urogenital system
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Summary:We performed systematic review on 40 paired hospital and nursing home charts from a clinical trial to evaluate the fidelity of transitions of care among those discharged on antibiotics. We found that 30% of transitions included an inappropriate change to the patient's antibiotic plan of care.
ISSN:0899-823X
1559-6834
DOI:10.1017/ice.2019.270