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Impact of an automated antibiotic time-out alert on the de-escalation of broad-spectrum antibiotics at a large community teaching hospital

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 August 2019

Jenna R. Wolfe Open the ORCID record for Jenna R. Wolfe [Opens in a new window] ,
Alex M. Bryant  and
Jad A. Khoury
Jenna R. Wolfe*
Affiliation:
Department of Internal Medicine, Mercy Hospital, St Louis, Missouri
Alex M. Bryant
Affiliation:
Department of Pharmacy, Mercy Hospital, St Louis, Missouri
Jad A. Khoury
Affiliation:
Department of Infectious Disease, Mercy Hospital, St Louis, Missouri
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Author for correspondence: Jenna R. Wolfe DO, MPH, 615 S New Ballas Road, St Louis, MO 63141. Email: [email protected]
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Abstract

Broad-spectrum antibiotic de-escalation before and after implementation of a 72-hour antibiotic time-out alert within the electronic medical record was analyzed. De-escalation occurred significantly more often after the implementation of the alert (55.0% vs 35.1%; 95% confidence interval, −0.3491 to −0.0488; P < .01).

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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 40 , Issue 11 , November 2019 , pp. 1287 - 1289
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© 2019 by The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America. All rights reserved. 

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