Computer-Assisted Antimicrobial Recommendations for Optimal Therapy: Analysis of Prescribing Errors in an Antimicrobial Stewardship Trial

Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2017 Jul;38(7):857-859. doi: 10.1017/ice.2017.74. Epub 2017 Jun 2.

Abstract

Clinician education and prospective audit and feedback interventions, deployed separately and concurrently, did not reduce antimicrobial use errors or rates compared to a control group of general medicine inpatients at our public hospital. Additional research is needed to define the optimal scope and intensity of hospital antimicrobial stewardship interventions. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 2017;38:857-859.

Publication types

  • Randomized Controlled Trial
  • Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Aged
  • Anti-Bacterial Agents / therapeutic use*
  • Antimicrobial Stewardship / methods*
  • Decision Making, Computer-Assisted
  • Feedback
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Inappropriate Prescribing / prevention & control
  • Inappropriate Prescribing / statistics & numerical data*
  • Internal Medicine / education
  • Internal Medicine / statistics & numerical data*
  • Male
  • Medical Audit*
  • Medical Staff, Hospital / education*
  • Middle Aged
  • Practice Guidelines as Topic

Substances

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents