Impact on time to active antimicrobial therapy with 24-hour pharmacist review of Accelerate Pheno BC Kit results.

ABSTRACT: The Accelerate Pheno platform provides rapid identification and susceptibility data. We demonstrate successful incorporation of 24-hour pharmacist review of Accelerate Pheno results that reduced the number of patients going >3 hours from result without an order for active antimicrobial therapy from 29 (2.8%) of 1,043 to 9 (0.85%) of 1,053 (P < .001).

SUBMITTER: Kinn PM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9726536 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature