Syndromic Antibiograms and Nursing Home Clinicians' Antibiotic Choices for Urinary Tract Infections.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Empirical antibiotic prescribing in nursing homes (NHs) is often suboptimal. The potential for antibiograms to improve empirical antibiotic decision-making in NHs remains poorly understood.

Objective

To determine whether providing NH clinicians with a urinary antibiogram improves empirical antibiotic treatment of urinary tract infections (UTIs).

Design, setting, and participants

This was a survey study using clinical vignettes. Participants were recruited via convenience sampling of professional organization listservs of NH clinicians practicing in the US from December 2021 through April 2022. Data were analyzed from July 2022 to June 2023.

Interventions

Respondents were randomized to complete vignettes using a traditional antibiogram (TA), a weighte

SUBMITTER: Taylor LN 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10753399 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature