scholarly journals Impact of an Audit and Feedback Antimicrobial Stewardship Program on Acceptance of Procalcitonin-Directed Antibiotic Discontinuation in Critically-Ill Patients with Sepsis

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
J.R. Felzer ◽  
L.J. Nicholson ◽  
K. Rangarajan ◽  
M.V. Soghikian ◽  
A. Dhupa ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Critically Ill ◽  
Antimicrobial Stewardship ◽  
Critically Ill Patients ◽  
Audit And Feedback ◽  
Antimicrobial Stewardship Program ◽  
Stewardship Program

scholarly journals 105. Fluoroquinolone Stewardship at a Community Health-System: A Decade in Review

2021 ◽  
Vol 8 (Supplement_1) ◽  
pp. S167-S167
Author(s):  
Matthew Song ◽  
Ashley Wilde ◽  
Ashley Wilde ◽  
Sarah E Moore ◽  
Brian C Bohn ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Antimicrobial Stewardship ◽  
Audit And Feedback ◽  
Antimicrobial Stewardship Program ◽  
Provider Education ◽  
E Coli ◽  
Stewardship Program ◽  
Days Of Therapy ◽  
Adult Inpatient ◽  
Prospective Audit And Feedback ◽  
Adult Hospital

Abstract Background Fluoroquinolone stewardship is a common target for antimicrobial stewardship programs seeking to maintain or improve fluoroquinolone susceptibility rates. Additional benefits include reducing C. difficile infection rates, drug toxicities, and resistance to other antimicrobials as fluoroquinolones can co-select for resistance. The Norton Healthcare antimicrobial stewardship program was founded in 2011 and provides services at 4 adult hospitals with ~1600 beds. Main fluoroquinolone stewardship activities have included provider education, prospective audit and feedback, and guideline and order-set development. The purpose of this study was to describe the resistance and usage rates of fluoroquinolones over time. Methods This was a descriptive study examining individual adult hospital antibiograms from 2010 to 2020. Levofloxacin susceptibility rates to E. coli and P. aeruginosa were collated from annual antibiograms between 2010 and 2020 for outpatients and each adult hospital. Adult hospital resistance rates were aggregated and weighted accordingly to number of isolates per hospital per year. Additionally, levofloxacin and ciprofloxacin inpatient days of therapy (DOT) was collected since 2016 when DOT was first readily retrievable and was normalized per 1000 patient days to compare between different time points. Results Outpatient levofloxacin likelihood of activity against P. aeruginosa improved from 81% to 91%. Outpatient levofloxacin likelihood of activity against E. coli remained stable between 84 – 86% (Figure 1). Adult inpatient fluoroquinolone usage decreased by approximately 75% from 83.5 to 21.37 DOT/1000 patient days since 2016 (Figure 2). Adult inpatient levofloxacin likelihood of activity against P. aeruginosa improved from 53% to 83%. Adult inpatient levofloxacin likelihood of activity against E. coli improved from 65% to 75% (Figure 3). Conclusion The Norton Healthcare antimicrobial stewardship program has been effective in reducing unnecessary fluoroquinolone usage and improving inpatient fluoroquinolone susceptibility rates. Future studies should examine opportunities to translate successes to the outpatient phase of care. Disclosures Ashley Wilde, PharmD, BCPS-AQ ID, Nothing to disclose Paul S. Schulz, MD, Gilead (Consultant, Speaker’s Bureau)Merck (Consultant, Speaker’s Bureau)

Predictors of Antimicrobial Stewardship Program Recommendation Disagreement

2018 ◽  
Vol 39 (07) ◽  
pp. 806-813 ◽  
Author(s):  
Laura L. Bio ◽  
Jenna F. Kruger ◽  
Betty P. Lee ◽  
Matthew S. Wood ◽  
Hayden T. Schwenk
Keyword(s):  
Antimicrobial Stewardship ◽  
Primary Outcome ◽  
Audit And Feedback ◽  
Antimicrobial Stewardship Program ◽  
Free Standing ◽  
Logistic Regression Models ◽  
Patient Level ◽  
Stewardship Program ◽  
Prospective Audit And Feedback

OBJECTIVETo identify predictors of disagreement with antimicrobial stewardship prospective audit and feedback recommendations (PAFR) at a free-standing children’s hospital.DESIGNRetrospective cohort study of audits performed during the antimicrobial stewardship program (ASP) from March 30, 2015, to April 17, 2017.METHODSThe ASP included audits of antimicrobial use and communicated PAFR to the care team, with follow-up on adherence to recommendations. The primary outcome was disagreement with PAFR. Potential predictors for disagreement, including patient-level, antimicrobial, programmatic, and provider-level factors, were assessed using bivariate and multivariate logistic regression models.RESULTSIn total, 4,727 antimicrobial audits were performed during the study period; 1,323 PAFR (28%) and 187 recommendations (15%) were not followed due to disagreement. Providers were more likely to disagree with PAFR when the patient had a gastrointestinal infection (odds ratio [OR], 5.50; 95% confidence interval [CI], 1.99–15.21), febrile neutropenia (OR, 6.14; 95% CI, 2.08–18.12), skin or soft-tissue infections (OR, 6.16; 95% CI, 1.92–19.77), or had been admitted for 31–90 days at the time of the audit (OR, 2.08; 95% CI, 1.36–3.18). The longer the duration since the attending provider had been trained (ie, the more years of experience), the more likely they were to disagree with PAFR recommendations (OR, 1.02; 95% CI, 1.01–1.04).CONCLUSIONSEvaluation of our program confirmed patient-level predictors of PAFR disagreement and identified additional programmatic and provider-level factors, including years of attending experience. Stewardship interventions focused on specific diagnoses and antimicrobials are unlikely to result in programmatic success unless these factors are also addressed.Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 2018;806–813

scholarly journals Multilayer Model of Pharmacy Participation in the Antimicrobial Stewardship Program at a Large Academic Medical Center

2017 ◽  
Vol 52 (9) ◽  
pp. 628-634 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yanina Dubrovskaya ◽  
Marco R. Scipione ◽  
Justin Siegfried ◽  
Shin-Pung Jen ◽  
Vinh Pham ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Antimicrobial Stewardship ◽  
Dose Adjustment ◽  
Academic Medical Center ◽  
Audit And Feedback ◽  
Therapeutic Drug ◽  
Antimicrobial Stewardship Program ◽  
Hospital Pharmacists ◽  
Stewardship Program ◽  
Days Of Therapy ◽  
The Impact

Purpose: Leveraging pharmacy personnel resources for the purpose of antimicrobial stewardship program (ASP) operations presents a challenging task. We describe our experience integrating all pharmacists into an ASP, and evaluate the impact on ASP interventions, antimicrobial utilization, rate of selected hospital-onset infections and readmission. Summary: During a study period (January 1 to December 31, 2015), a total of 14 552 ASP-related pharmacy interventions were performed (ASP clinical pharmacotherapy specialists [CPS] n = 4025; non-ASP CPS n = 4888; hospital pharmacists n = 5639). Sixty percent of interventions by ASP CPS were initiated utilizing the dedicated ASP phone, and 40% through prospective audit and feedback. Non-ASP CPS performed interventions during bedside rounds (dose adjustment 23%, initiate new or alternative anti-infective 21%, discontinue antibiotic(s) 12%, therapeutic drug monitoring 11%, de-escalation 4%), whereas hospital pharmacists participated at the point of verification (dose adjustment 75%, restricted antibiotic verification 15%, and reporting major drug-drug interactions 4%). The acceptance rate of interventions by providers and clinicians was >90% for all groups. Annual aggregate antimicrobial use decreased by 6.4 days of therapy/1000 patient-days (DOT/1000 PD; P = 1.0). Ceftriaxone use increased by 8.4 DOT/1000 PD ( P = .029) without a significant compensatory increase in the use of antipseudomonal agents. Sustained low rates of hospital-onset Clostridium difficile (CDI) and carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae (CRE) infections were observed in 2015 compared with the prior year (1.1 and 1.2 cases/1000 PD, 0.2 and 0.1 cases/1000 PD, respectively). Thirty-day readmission rate decreased by 0.6% ( P = .019). Conclusions: Integration of all pharmacists into ASP activities based on the level of patient care and responsibilities is an effective strategy to expand clinical services provided by ASP.

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