Sustained Reduction in Urgent Care Antibiotic Prescribing During the Coronavirus Disease 2019 Pandemic: An Academic Medical Center’s Experience

Sustained Reduction in Urgent Care Antibiotic Prescribing During the Coronavirus Disease 2019 Pandemic: An Academic Medical Center’s Experience

Abstract We compared antibiotic prescribing before and during the ­coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic at 2 academic urgent care clinics and found a sustained decrease in prescribing driven by respiratory encounters and despite transitioning to telemedicine. Antibiotics were rarely prescrib...

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Veröffentlicht in:Open Forum Infectious Diseases 2022-02, Vol.9 (2), p.ofab662-ofab662
Hauptverfasser: Ha, David, Ong’uti, Sharon, Chang, Amy, Mui, Emily, Nelligan, Ian, Betts, Brooke, Lentz, Christopher, Alegria, William, Fox, Emily, Meng, Lina, Stenehjem, Edward, Hersh, Adam L, Deresinski, Stanley, Artandi, Maja, Holubar, Marisa
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Sprache:eng
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Brief Report
Coronaviruses
Hospitals
Medical centers
Medical colleges
Quality control
Tetracycline
Tetracyclines
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Zusammenfassung:Abstract We compared antibiotic prescribing before and during the ­coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic at 2 academic urgent care clinics and found a sustained decrease in prescribing driven by respiratory encounters and despite transitioning to telemedicine. Antibiotics were rarely prescribed during encounters for COVID-19 or COVID-19 symptoms. COVID-19 revealed opportunities for outpatient stewardship programs.
ISSN:2328-8957
2328-8957
DOI:10.1093/ofid/ofab662