Effect of telephoned notification of positive Clostridium difficile test results on the time to the ordering of antimicrobial therapy.

Autor: Verdoorn BP; Mayo Medical School, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Rochester, Minnesota, USA., Orenstein R, Wilson JW, Estes LL, Wendt RF, Schleck CD, Harmsen WS, Nyre LM, Patel R
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Infection control and hospital epidemiology [Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol] 2008 Jul; Vol. 29 (7), pp. 658-60.
DOI: 10.1086/589586
Abstrakt: The time between electronic-medical-record reporting of a positive result of a test for Clostridium difficile toxin in stool and the ordering of antimicrobial therapy was compared during consecutive periods when results were not telephoned (n = 274) and when results were telephoned (n = 90) to the clinical service. The mean times to the ordering of antimicrobial therapy were 11.9 and 3.6 hours, respectively (P < .001).
Databáze: MEDLINE