Centralized Communication of Blood Culture Results Leveraging Antimicrobial Stewardship and Rapid Diagnostics.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

This study aimed to determine if integrating antimicrobial stewardship program (ASP) personnel with rapid diagnostic testing resulted in improved outcomes for patients with positive blood cultures.

Method

Beginning in 2016, Saint Luke's Health System (SLHS) implemented a new process where all positive blood cultures were communicated to ASP personnel or SLHS pharmacy staff. Pharmacists then became responsible for interpreting results, assessing patient specific information, and subsequently relaying culture and treatment information to providers. This was a multisite, pre-post, quasi-experimental study (Pre: August to December 2014; Post: August to December 2016). Patients 18 years of age and older with a positive blood culture during admission were included (2014,

SUBMITTER: Shemanski S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6736069 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature