Leveraging Antimicrobial Stewardship in the Emergency Department to Improve the Quality of Urinary Tract Infection Management and Outcomes | Zendy

Sarah C J Jorgensen | Zendy; Samantha L Yeung | Zendy; Mira Zurayk | Zendy; Jill Terry | Zendy; Maureen Dunn | Zendy; Paul Nieberg | Zendy; Jean Pallares | Zendy; Annie WongBeringer | Zendy

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Leveraging Antimicrobial Stewardship in the Emergency Department to Improve the Quality of Urinary Tract Infection Management and Outcomes

Author(s) -

Sarah C J Jorgensen,

Samantha L Yeung,

Mira Zurayk,

Jill Terry,

Maureen Dunn,

Paul Nieberg,

Jean Pallares,

Annie WongBeringer

Publication year - 2018

Publication title -

open forum infectious diseases

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.546

H-Index - 35

ISSN - 2328-8957

DOI - 10.1093/ofid/ofy101

Subject(s) - medicine , antimicrobial stewardship , nitrofurantoin , emergency department , odds ratio , audit , population , stewardship (theology) , quality management , intensive care medicine , emergency medicine , antibiotic resistance , nursing , antibiotics , operations management , environmental health , management system , management , politics , political science , law , microbiology and biotechnology , economics , biology

We demonstrate that an outcomes-based ASP can impart meaningful change to knowledge and attitudes affecting prescribing practices in the ED. The success of our program may be used by other institutions as support for ASP expansion to the ED.

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