Feasibility of Core Antimicrobial Stewardship Interventions in Community Hospitals.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

The feasibility of core Infectious Diseases Society of America-recommended antimicrobial stewardship interventions in community hospitals is unknown.

Objective

To determine the feasibility and results of implementing 2 core stewardship intervention strategies in community hospitals.

Design, setting, and participants

Three-stage, multicenter, prospective nonrandomized clinical trial with crossover design. The setting was 4 community hospitals in North Carolina (median bed size, 305; range, 102-425). Participants were all patients receiving targeted study antibacterial agents or alternative, nonstudy antibacterial agents. The study dates were October 2014 through October 2015. All statistical analyses were completed as of October 2016.

Interventions

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SUBMITTER: Anderson DJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6704742 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature