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UNLABELLED:Paper-based interventions have been shown to stimulate switching from intravenous (i.v.) to oral (p.o.) antibiotic therapies. Shorter i.v. durations are associated with a lower risk of iatrogenic infections as well as reduced workload and costs. The purpose of this study was to determine whether automated electronic reminders are able to promote earlier switching. In this controlled before-and-after study, an algorithm identified patients who were eligible for i.v.-to-p.o. switch 60 h after starting i.v. antimicrobials. Reminders offering guidance on the re-assessment of initial i.v. therapy were displayed within the electronic health records in 12 units during the intervention period (year 2012). In contrast, no reminders were visible during the baseline period (2011) and in the control group (17 units). A total of 22863 i.v. antibiotic therapies were analysed; 6082 (26.6%) were switched to p.o. THERAPY:In the intervention group, 757 courses of i.v. antibiotics were administered for a mean ± standard deviation duration of 5.4 ± 8.1 days before switching to p.o. antibiotics in the baseline period, and 794 courses for 4.5 ± 5.5 days in the intervention period (P = 0.004), corresponding to a 17.5% reduction of i.v. administration time. In contrast, in the control group the duration increased; 2240 i.v. antibiotics were administered for a mean duration of 4.0 ± 5.9 days in the baseline period, and 2291 for 4.3 ± 5.8 days in the intervention period (P = 0.03). Electronic reminders fostered earlier i.v.-to-p.o. switches, thereby reducing the duration of initial i.v. therapies by nearly a day.
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Int J Antimicrob Agentsjournal_title
International journal of antimicrobial agentsauthors
Beeler PE,Kuster SP,Eschmann E,Weber R,Blaser Jdoi
10.1016/j.ijantimicag.2015.06.013subject
Has Abstractpub_date
2015-10-01 00:00:00pages
428-33issue
4eissn
0924-8579issn
1872-7913pii
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