Open AccessImplementation of a Pharmacist-Led Antimicrobial Time-Out for Medical-Surgery Services in an Academic Pediatric Hospital
Author(s) -
Christopher R.T. Stang,
Preeti Jaggi,
Jessica Tansmore,
Katelyn Parson,
Kathryn E. Nuss,
Matthew M Sapko,
Rohan Thompson,
Nathaniel Gallup,
Don Buckingham,
Mahmoud AbdelRasoul,
Joshua R. Watson
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
the journal of pediatric pharmacology and therapeutics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.456
H-Index - 15
eISSN - 2331-348X
pISSN - 1551-6776
DOI - 10.5863/1551-6776-26.3.284
Subject(s) - medicine , pharmacist , antimicrobial stewardship , documentation , audit , quality management , clinical pharmacy , family medicine , medical record , medical emergency , emergency medicine , service (business) , pharmacy , pediatrics , surgery , antibiotics , antibiotic resistance , economy , management , computer science , microbiology and biotechnology , economics , biology , programming language
This report describes a quality improvement initiative to implement a pharmacist-led antimicrobial time-out (ATO) in a large, freestanding pediatric hospital. Our goal was to reach 90% ATO completion and documentation for eligible patients hospitalized on general pediatric medicine or surgery services.