Cancer is chronic but antimicrobial stewardship is iconic: A retrospective cohort of optimal antibiotic use in ambulatory oncology clinics.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To evaluate antibiotic prescribing in ambulatory oncology clinics and to identify opportunities to improve antibiotic use.

Methods

Retrospective cohort of adult patients who received care at 4 ambulatory oncology clinics from May 2021 to December 2021. Patients were included if they actively followed with a hematologist-oncologist for a cancer diagnosis and received an antibiotic prescription for uncomplicated upper respiratory tract infection (URTI), lower respiratory tract infection (LRTI), urinary tract infection (UTI), or acute bacterial skin-skin structure infection (ABSSSI) at an oncology clinic. The primary outcome was receipt of optimal antibiotic therapy, defined as a composite of drug, dose, and duration according to local and national guidelines. Patient

SUBMITTER: Ho TA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10173287 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature