Expected Practice as a Novel Antibiotic Stewardship Intervention. (3rd December 2018)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Yadav, Kabir; Masuda, Eriko; Minejima, Emi; Spellberg, Brad
• Is Part Of: Open forum infectious diseases. Volume 6:Number 1(2019)
• Publication Date: 2018-12-03
• Subjects: antibiotic stewardship -- expected practice -- quality improvement; Communicable diseases -- Periodicals; Medical microbiology -- Periodicals; Infection -- Periodicals; 616.9
• DOI: 10.1093/ofid/ofy319
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 2328-8957

Abstract

Abstract: "Expected practice" is a recently described method to alter clinical behavior. We implemented an expected practice around short-course antibiotic therapy, which was associated with decreased antibiotic utilization for multiple bacterial infections. Thus, we describe this expected practice as a novel, simple, and inexpensive tool to enhance antibiotic stewardship.