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The impact of a blood-culture diagnostic stewardship intervention on utilization rates and antimicrobial stewardship

Published:2023-12-13 Issue: Volume: Page:1-4
ISSN:0899-823X
Container-title:Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology
language:en
Short-container-title:Infect. Control Hosp. Epidemiol.

Author:

Wang Melinda C.^ORCID,Zhou Kelvin J.^ORCID,Shay Sabra L.,Herlihy James P.,Siddique Muhammad A.,Trevino Castillo Sergio^ORCID,Lasco Todd M.,Barrett Miriam,Al Mohajer Mayar

Abstract

Abstract Blood-culture overutilization is associated with increased cost and excessive antimicrobial use. We implemented an intervention in the adult intensive care unit (ICU), combining education based on the DISTRIBUTE algorithm and restriction to infectious diseases and ICU providers. Our intervention led to reduced blood-culture utilization without affecting safety metrics.

Publisher

Cambridge University Press (CUP)

Subject

Infectious Diseases,Microbiology (medical),Epidemiology

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