Implementation of an institution-specific antimicrobial stewardship smartphone application.

Autor: Young HL; 1Division of Infectious Diseases and Department of Medicine,Denver Health Medical Center,Denver,Colorado., Shihadeh KC; 2University of Colorado Hospital,Denver,Colorado., Skinner AA; 2University of Colorado Hospital,Denver,Colorado., Knepper BC; 5Department of Patient Safety and Quality,Denver Health Medical Center,Denver,Colorado., Sankoff J; 2University of Colorado Hospital,Denver,Colorado., Voros J; 7Emergency Physicians Integrated Care,Salt Lake City Utah., Jenkins TC; 1Division of Infectious Diseases and Department of Medicine,Denver Health Medical Center,Denver,Colorado.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Infection control and hospital epidemiology [Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol] 2018 Aug; Vol. 39 (8), pp. 986-988. Date of Electronic Publication: 2018 Jun 21.
DOI: 10.1017/ice.2018.135
Abstrakt: Smartphones are increasingly used to access clinical decision support, and many medical applications provide antimicrobial prescribing guidance. However, these applications do not account for local antibiotic resistance patterns and formularies. We implemented an institution-specific antimicrobial stewardship smartphone application and studied patterns of use over a 1-year period.
Databáze: MEDLINE