Open AccessReducing Unnecessary and Duplicate Ordering for Ovum and Parasite Examinations and Clostridium difficile PCR in Immunocompromised Patients by Using an Alert at the Time of Request in the Order Management System
Author(s) -
Caitlin Otto,
Susan Shuptar,
Philippe Milord,
Connor Joseph Essick,
Reshma Nevrekar,
Svetlana Granovsky,
Susan K. Seo,
N. Esther Babady,
Steven C. Martin,
YiWei Tang,
Melissa S. Pessin
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
journal of clinical microbiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.349
H-Index - 255
eISSN - 1070-633X
pISSN - 0095-1137
DOI - 10.1128/jcm.00968-15
Subject(s) - clostridium difficile , parasite hosting , medicine , clostridium , microbiology and biotechnology , biology , computer science , bacteria , world wide web , antibiotics , genetics
We implemented hospital information system (HIS) alerts to deter unnecessary test orders for ovum and parasite (O&P) exams and Clostridium difficile PCR. The HIS alerts decreased noncompliant O&P orders (orders after >72 h of hospitalization) from 49.8% to 30.9%, an overall decrease of 19%, and reduced noncompliant C. difficile PCR orders (orders <7 days after a previous positive result) from 30.6% to 19.2%, an overall decrease of 31.9%.
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