Evaluation of pharmacy generalists performing antimicrobial stewardship services.
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2015-08
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Carreno, Joseph J
Kenney, Rachel M
Bloome, Mary
McDonnell, Jane
Rodriguez, Jennifer
Weinmann, Allison
Kilgore, Paul E
Davis, Susan L
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PURPOSE: Improvements in medication use achieved by pharmacy generalists using a care bundle approach to antimicrobial stewardship are reported. METHODS: A six-month prospective, repeated-treatment, quasi-experimental study involving three month-long intervention periods and three month-long control periods was conducted in the setting of an existing antimicrobial stewardship program at a large hospital. The intervention involved prospective audit and feedback conducted by pharmacy generalists who were trained in an antimicrobial stewardship care bundle approach. During control months, a pharmacy generalist who was not trained in antimicrobial stewardship rounded with the multidisciplinary team and provided standard-of-care pharmacy services. The primary endpoint was compliance with a care bundle of four antimicrobial stewardship metrics: documentation of indication for therapy in the medical record, selection of empirical therapy according to institutional guidelines, documented performance of indicated culture testing, and deescalation of therapy when indicated. RESULTS: Two-hundred eighty-six patients were enrolled in the study: 124 in the intervention group and 162 in the control group. The cumulative rate of full compliance with all care bundle components during the six-month study was significantly greater during intervention months than during control months (68.5% versus 45.7%, p < 0.001). After adjusting for infection type, antimicrobial stewardship provided by an intervention-group pharmacist was associated with improved care bundle compliance (adjusted odds ratio, 2.70; p < 0.001). No significant differences in patient outcomes during intervention and control months were detected. CONCLUSION: Pharmacy generalists trained to comply with a systematic care bundle approach enhanced the quality of antimicrobial management.
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Carreno JJ, Kenney RM, Bloome M, McDonnell J, Rodriguez J, Weinmann A, Kilgore PE, Davis SL. Evaluation of pharmacy generalists performing antimicrobial stewardship services. Am J Health Syst Pharm. 2015 Aug 1;72(15):1298-303. doi: 10.2146/ajhp140619. PMID: 26195656.
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