Effect of automated identification of antimicrobial stewardship opportunities for suspected urinary tract infections.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

We aimed to determine whether automated identification of antibiotic targeting suspected urinary tract infection (UTI) shortened the time to antimicrobial stewardship (AS) intervention.

Design

Retrospective before-and-after study.

Setting

Tertiary and quaternary care academic medical center.

Patients

Emergency department (ED) or admitted adult patients meeting best practice alert (BPA) criteria during pre- and post-BPA periods.

Methods

We developed a BPA to alert AS pharmacists of potential ASB triggered by the following criteria: ED or admitted status, antibiotic order with genitourinary indication, and a preceding urinalysis with ≤ 10 WBC/hpf. We evaluated the median time from antibiotic order to AS intervention and overall percent of UTI-rel

SUBMITTER: Deri CR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11450662 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature