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Pharmacists’ Familiarity with and Institutional Utilization of Rapid Diagnostic Technologies for Antimicrobial Stewardship

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 May 2017

Rachel A. Foster ,
Kristi Kuper ,
Z. Kevin Lu ,
P. Brandon Bookstaver ,
Christopher M. Bland  and
Monica V. Mahoney
Rachel A. Foster
Affiliation:
Department of Clinical Pharmacy and Outcomes Sciences, University of South Carolina College of Pharmacy, Columbia, South Carolina
Kristi Kuper
Affiliation:
Vizient, Houston, Texas
Z. Kevin Lu
Affiliation:
Department of Clinical Pharmacy and Outcomes Sciences, University of South Carolina College of Pharmacy, Columbia, South Carolina
P. Brandon Bookstaver
Affiliation:
Department of Clinical Pharmacy and Outcomes Sciences, University of South Carolina College of Pharmacy, Columbia, South Carolina
Christopher M. Bland
Affiliation:
Department of Clinical and Administrative Pharmacy, University of Georgia College of Pharmacy, Savannah, Georgia
Monica V. Mahoney*
Affiliation:
Department of Pharmacy, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts.
*
Address correspondence to Monica V. Mahoney, PharmD, BCPS AQ-ID, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, 1 Deaconess Road, CCB-027, Boston, MA 02215 (mgolik@bidmc.harvard.edu).
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Abstract

Rapid diagnostic technologies (RDTs) significantly reduce organism identification time and can augment antimicrobial stewardship program (ASP) activities. An electronic survey quantified familiarity with and utilization of RDTs by clinical pharmacists participating in ASPs. Familiarity was highest with polymerase chain reaction (PCR). Formal infectious diseases training was the only significant factor influencing RDT familiarity.

Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 2017;38:863–866

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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 38 , Issue 7 , July 2017 , pp. 863 - 866
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© 2017 by The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America. All rights reserved 

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Footnotes

PREVIOUS PRESENTATION. These data were presented at ID Week 2016, New Orleans, Louisiana on October 29, 2016 (Abstract #1883)

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