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Antibiotic assessment at hospital discharge—Room for stewardship intervention

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 November 2019

Susanne Gapen Barnett Open the ORCID record for Susanne Gapen Barnett[Opens in a new window] ,
Paul Lata ,
Meredith Kavalier ,
Christopher Crnich  and
Prakash Balasubramanian
Susanne Gapen Barnett*
Affiliation:
The William S. Middleton VA Medical Center, Madison, Wisconsin University of Wisconsin School of Pharmacy, Madison, Wisconsin
Paul Lata
Affiliation:
The William S. Middleton VA Medical Center, Madison, Wisconsin
Meredith Kavalier
Affiliation:
University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics, Madison, Wisconsin
Christopher Crnich
Affiliation:
The William S. Middleton VA Medical Center, Madison, Wisconsin Division of Infectious Disease, Department of Medicine, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, Wisconsin
Prakash Balasubramanian
Affiliation:
The William S. Middleton VA Medical Center, Madison, Wisconsin
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Author for correspondence: Susanne Gapen Barnett, Email: Susanne.barnett@wisc.edu
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Abstract

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.

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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 41 , Issue 2 , February 2020 , pp. 209 - 211
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© 2019 by The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America. All rights reserved.

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PREVIOUS PRESENTATION. These data were previously presented as a poster presentation (abstract #70092; presentation #237) at IDWeek 2018 on October 4, 2018, in San Francisco, California.

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