Antibiotic assessment at hospital discharge-Room for stewardship intervention

Our stewardship team evaluated 19 months of discharge antibiotic prescriptions to determine prescribing appropriateness and to characterize the interventions made. Intervention occurred in 9.7% of patients, with a 58% acceptance rate. Most interventions were educational (antibiotic course was comple...

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Published in:Infection control and hospital epidemiology 2020-02, Vol.41 (2), p.209-211
Main Authors: Barnett, Susanne Gapen, Lata, Paul, Kavalier, Meredith, Crnich, Christopher, Balasubramanian, Prakash
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Anti-Bacterial Agents - therapeutic use
Antibiotics
Antimicrobial agents
Antimicrobial Stewardship - methods
Antimicrobial Stewardship - organization & administration
Antimicrobial Stewardship - standards
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
Decision making
Drug dosages
Education
Electronic health records
Guideline Adherence
Hospitals
Hospitals - standards
Hospitals - statistics & numerical data
Humans
Inappropriate Prescribing - statistics & numerical data
Infectious diseases
Intervention
Nursing
Patient Discharge - standards
Patient Discharge - statistics & numerical data
Patients
Pneumonia
Practice Patterns, Physicians' - organization & administration
Practice Patterns, Physicians' - standards
Prescriptions
Quality improvement
Retrospective Studies
Urinary tract infections
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Summary:Our stewardship team evaluated 19 months of discharge antibiotic prescriptions to determine prescribing appropriateness and to characterize the interventions made. Intervention occurred in 9.7% of patients, with a 58% acceptance rate. Most interventions were educational (antibiotic course was complete at time of intervention). Discharge antibiotic review is a potential stewardship tool.
ISSN:0899-823X
1559-6834
DOI:10.1017/ice.2019.332