Antimicrobial Stewardship Optimization in the Emergency Department: The Effect of Multiplex Respiratory Pathogen Testing and Targeted Educational Intervention
Durant TJS, Kubilay NZ, Reynolds J, Tarabar AF, Dembry LM, Peaper DR. Antimicrobial Stewardship Optimization in the Emergency Department: The Effect of Multiplex Respiratory Pathogen Testing and Targeted Educational Intervention. The Journal Of Applied Laboratory Medicine 2020, 5: 1172-1183. PMID: 32918445, DOI: 10.1093/jalm/jfaa130.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdultAnti-Bacterial AgentsAntimicrobial StewardshipEmergency Service, HospitalHumansInfluenza, HumanRespiratory Tract InfectionsConceptsAntibiotic prescription ratesEmergency departmentPrescription ratesAntibiotic prescriptionsED visitsRespiratory pathogen testingRespiratory tract infectionsAdult emergency departmentAntimicrobial treatment decisionsProvider-patient interactionsDetection of influenzaTargeted educational interventionsAntimicrobial stewardship educationOseltamivir prescriptionsASP interventionsTract infectionsInfluenza seasonIntervention cohortTreatment decisionsPatient engagementPatientsResult availabilityCohortEducational interventionStewardship education