Male veterans with complicated urinary tract infections: Influence of a patient-centered antimicrobial stewardship program

Highlights • A patient centered stewardship program improves outcomes in urinary tract infection. • Stewardship reduces duration of antibiotic use. • Stewardship reduces the length of hospitalization by 1 day. • Interventions included escalation, de-escalation and duration recommendations.

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Published inAmerican journal of infection control Vol. 44; no. 12; pp. 1549 - 1553
Main Authors Carbo, James F., PharmD, Ruh, Christine A., PharmD, BCPS, Kurtzhalts, Kari E., PharmD, Ott, Michael C., PharmD, BCPS, Sellick, John A., DO, MS, Mergenhagen, Kari A., PharmD, BCPS, AQ-ID
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States Elsevier Inc 01.12.2016
Mosby-Year Book, Inc
Subjects
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Anti-Infective Agents - therapeutic use
Antibacterial agents
Antibiotics
Clinical outcomes
Drug Utilization - standards
Hospitalization
Humans
Infection Control
Infectious Disease
Intervention
Length of Stay
Male
Medical treatment
New York
Patient care
Patient Readmission
Retrospective Studies
Treatment Outcome
Urinary tract infections
Urinary Tract Infections - drug therapy
Veterans
Length of Stay
Hospitalization
Antibacterial agents
Patient readmission
Clinical outcomes
Patient care
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Summary:Highlights • A patient centered stewardship program improves outcomes in urinary tract infection. • Stewardship reduces duration of antibiotic use. • Stewardship reduces the length of hospitalization by 1 day. • Interventions included escalation, de-escalation and duration recommendations.
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ISSN:0196-6553
1527-3296
DOI:10.1016/j.ajic.2016.04.239