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Antibiotic Prescribing at the Transition from Hospitalization to Discharge: A Target for Antibiotic Stewardship

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 January 2015

Norihiro Yogo ,
Michelle K. Haas ,
Bryan C. Knepper ,
William J. Burman ,
Philip S. Mehler  and
Timothy C. Jenkins
Norihiro Yogo*
Affiliation:
Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, University of Colorado, Aurora, Colorado University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, Colorado
Michelle K. Haas
Affiliation:
Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, University of Colorado, Aurora, Colorado University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, Colorado Denver Public Health, Denver Health, Denver, Colorado Denver Health, Denver, Colorado.
Bryan C. Knepper
Affiliation:
Department of Patient Safety and Quality, Denver Health, Denver, Colorado Denver Health, Denver, Colorado.
William J. Burman
Affiliation:
Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, University of Colorado, Aurora, Colorado University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, Colorado Denver Public Health, Denver Health, Denver, Colorado Denver Health, Denver, Colorado.
Philip S. Mehler
Affiliation:
Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, University of Colorado, Aurora, Colorado University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, Colorado Denver Health, Denver, Colorado.
Timothy C. Jenkins
Affiliation:
Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, University of Colorado, Aurora, Colorado University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, Colorado Denver Health, Denver, Colorado.
*
Address correspondence to Norihiro Yogo, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, 12700 E. 19th Avenue, B168, Aurora, CO 80045 (Norihiro.Yogo@ucdenver.edu).
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Abstract

Of 300 patients prescribed oral antibiotics at the time of hospital discharge, urinary tract infection, community-acquired pneumonia, and skin infections accounted for 181 of the treatment indications (60%). Half of the prescriptions were antibiotics with broad Gram-negative activity. Discharge prescriptions were inappropriate in 79 of 150 cases reviewed (53%).

Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 2015;00(0): 1–5

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Concise Communications
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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 36 , Issue 4 , April 2015 , pp. 474 - 478
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© 2015 by The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America. All rights reserved 

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Footnotes

Previous Presentation. This work was presented as a poster abstract at IDWeek 2014, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

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