Ditching the defaults: Assessing the impact of default duration removal on antibiotic prescriptions originating in the emergency department
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Multiplex Therapeutic Drug Monitoring by Isotope-dilution HPLC-MS/MS of Antibiotics in Critical Illnesses
Published on: August 30, 2018
Amy L Van Abel1, Ryan W Stevens1, Sara Ausman2
1Department of Pharmacy, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA.
Abstract:
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.
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