Antimicrobial never events: Objective application of a framework to assess vancomycin appropriateness. (29th September 2021)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Liu, Jiajun; Mercuro, Nicholas J.; Davis, Susan L.; Palmo, Tenzin; Kashyap, Shivek; Patel, Twisha S.; Petty, Lindsay A.; Yarnold, Paul R.; Kaye, Keith S.; Scheetz, Marc H.
• Is Part Of: Infection control and hospital epidemiology. Volume 42:Number 9(2021)
• Page Start: 1121
• Page End: 1123
• Publication Date: 2021-09-29
• 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.2020.1350
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0899-823X

Abstract

Abstract: To address appropriateness of antibiotic use, we implemented an electronic framework to evaluate antibiotic "never events" (NEs) at 2 medical centers. Patient-level vancomycin administration records were classified as NEs or non-NEs. The objective framework allowed capture of true-positive vancomycin NEs in one-third of patients identified by the electronic strategy.