1216. ASP Initiated Blood Culture Service Is Highly Accepted, Reduced Antibiotic Durations Associated with Good Safety Outcomes

• Published in: Open forum infectious diseases Vol. 10; no. Supplement_2
• Main Authors: Foo, Geraldine Tingting, Chen, Hui Hiong, Wu, Jia En, Chew, Ka Lip, Santoso, Erna G, Somani, Jyoti
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: US Oxford University Press 27.11.2023

Abstract Background NUH is a 1200 bed academic medical center with quaternary medical services ; the ASP program was initiated in 2014. A 2020 review found 18.5% of bacteremic patients were on inappropriate antibiotics (ABX) or wrong duration, and the overall majority of bacteremias were gram-negati...