Sustained Reduction in Urgent Care Antibiotic Prescribing During the Coronavirus Disease 2019 Pandemic: An Academic Medical Center's Experience. (22nd January 2022)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Ha, David; Ong'uti, Sharon; Chang, Amy; Mui, Emily; Nelligan, Ian; Betts, Brooke; Lentz, Christopher; Alegria, William; Fox, Emily; Meng, Lina; Stenehjem, Edward; Hersh, Adam L; Deresinski, Stanley; Artandi, Maja; Holubar, Marisa
• Is Part Of: Open forum infectious diseases. Volume 9:Number 2(2022)
• Publication Date: 2022-01-22
• Subjects: antibiotic prescribing -- COVID-19 -- urgent care; Communicable diseases -- Periodicals; Medical microbiology -- Periodicals; Infection -- Periodicals; 616.9
• DOI: 10.1093/ofid/ofab662
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 2328-8957

Abstract

Abstract: We compared antibiotic prescribing before and during the ­coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic at 2 academic urgent care clinics and found a sustained decrease in prescribing driven by respiratory encounters and despite transitioning to telemedicine. Antibiotics were rarely prescribed during encounters for COVID-19 or COVID-19 symptoms. COVID-19 revealed opportunities for outpatient stewardship programs.