Evaluation of an electronic antimicrobial time-out on antimicrobial utilization at a large health system. (17th May 2019)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Richardson, Steven R.; Neuner, Elizabeth A.; Athans, Vasilios; Srinivas, Pavithra; Wesolowski, Jill; Gordon, Steven M.; Fraser, Thomas G.
• Is Part Of: Infection control and hospital epidemiology. Volume 40:Number 7(2019)
• Page Start: 807
• Page End: 809
• Publication Date: 2019-05-17
• Subjects: Nosocomial infections -- Epidemiology -- Periodicals; Health facilities -- Sanitation -- Periodicals; Hospital buildings -- Sanitation -- Periodicals; Cross Infection -- Periodicals; Epidemiology -- Periodicals; Hospitals -- Periodicals; Infection Control -- Periodicals; 614.44
• DOI: 10.1017/ice.2019.105
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0899-823X

Abstract

Abstract: We evaluated the impact of an electronic health record based 72-hour antimicrobial time-out (ATO) on antimicrobial utilization. We observed that 6 hours after the ATO, 21% of empiric antimicrobials were discontinued or de-escalated. There was a significant reduction in the duration of antimicrobial therapy but no impact on overall antimicrobial usage metrics.