Ditching the defaults: Assessing the impact of default duration removal on antibiotic prescriptions originating in the emergency department.

• Tác giả: Kellie Arensman Hannan, Sara Ausman, Dan Ilges, Kelsey Jensen, Kirstin Kooda, Sarah Lessard, Christina G Rivera, Ryan W Stevens, Amy L Van Abel, Courtney M Willis
• Ngôn ngữ: eng
• Thông tin xuất bản: United States : Infection control and hospital epidemiology , 2025
• Bộ sưu tập: NCBI
• ID: 662423

Tóm tắt

Reducing antimicrobial exposure by limiting the duration of therapy is an effective antimicrobial stewardship strategy. In this article, we describe the impact of modification of the electronic health record to remove default durations of therapy on ambulatory antibiotic prescriptions issued from emergency departments in a large, multicenter health system.