Temporal Trends and Hospital Variation in Time-to-Antibiotics Among Veterans Hospitalized With Sepsis.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

It is unclear whether antimicrobial timing for sepsis has changed outside of performance incentive initiatives.

Objective

To examine temporal trends and variation in time-to-antibiotics for sepsis in the US Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) health care system.

Design, setting, and participants

This observational cohort study included 130 VA hospitals from 2013 to 2018. Participants included all patients admitted to the hospital via the emergency department with sepsis from 2013 to 2018, using a definition adapted from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Adult Sepsis Event definition, which requires evidence of suspected infection, acute organ dysfunction, and systemic antimicrobial therapy within 12 hours of presentation. Data were analyzed fro

SUBMITTER: Wayne MT 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8424480 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature