Impact of a syndrome-specific antibiotic stewardship intervention on antipseudomonal antibiotic use in inpatient diabetic foot infection management.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To demonstrate that a syndromic stewardship intervention can safely reduce antipseudomonal antibiotic use in the treatment of inpatient diabetic foot infections (DFIs).

Intervention and method

From November 2017 through March 2018, we performed an antimicrobial stewardship intervention that included creation of a DFI best-practice guideline, implementation of an electronic medical record order set, and targeted education of key providers. We conducted a retrospective before-and-after study evaluating guideline adherent antipseudomonal antibiotic use 1 year before and after the intervention using interrupted time-series analysis.

Setting

University of Nebraska Medical Center, a 718-bed academic medical center in Omaha, Nebraska.

Patients

The study incl

SUBMITTER: McCreery RJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10028944 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature