The impact of a blood-culture diagnostic stewardship intervention on utilization rates and antimicrobial stewardship

The impact of a blood-culture diagnostic stewardship intervention on utilization rates and antimicrobial stewardship

Blood-culture overutilization is associated with increased cost and excessive antimicrobial use. We implemented an intervention in the adult intensive care unit (ICU), combining education based on the DISTRIBUTE algorithm and restriction to infectious diseases and ICU providers. Our intervention led...

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Veröffentlicht in:Infection control and hospital epidemiology 2024-05, Vol.45 (5), p.670-673
Hauptverfasser: Wang, Melinda C., Zhou, Kelvin J., Shay, Sabra L., Herlihy, James P., Siddique, Muhammad A., Trevino Castillo, Sergio, Lasco, Todd M., Barrett, Miriam, Al Mohajer, Mayar
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Algorithms
Blood
Clinical outcomes
Concise Communication
COVID-19
Decision making
Hospitals
Infectious diseases
Intensive care
Intervention
Length of stay
Medical diagnosis
Mortality
Patients
Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2
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Zusammenfassung:Blood-culture overutilization is associated with increased cost and excessive antimicrobial use. We implemented an intervention in the adult intensive care unit (ICU), combining education based on the DISTRIBUTE algorithm and restriction to infectious diseases and ICU providers. Our intervention led to reduced blood-culture utilization without affecting safety metrics.
ISSN:0899-823X
1559-6834
DOI:10.1017/ice.2023.265