Optimization of Antibiotic Selection in the Emergency Department for Adult Skin and Soft Tissue Infections.

ABSTRACT: Objectives: Emergency department (ED) order sets that include skin and soft tissue infections (SSTI) stratification and antimicrobial selection criteria may improve clinical outcomes and appropriateness of initial antibiotic selection. The purpose of this study was to optimize and evaluate antimicrobial prescribing for SSTI in the ED by implementing an institution specific Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA) guideline directed computerized provider order entry (CPOE) order set. The primary outcome was the rate of appropriate antibiotic prescribing for SSTI in the ED before and after order set revision. Secondary outcomes were length of hospital stay, rate of continuity of antibiotics from the ED to hospital admission orders, and frequency of order set utilization. Metho

SUBMITTER: Ebied AM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9065513 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature