Journal
AMERICAN JOURNAL OF INFECTION CONTROL
Volume 41, Issue 11, Pages 1116-1118Publisher
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DOI: 10.1016/j.ajic.2013.04.017
Keywords
Antimicrobial stewardship; Health care-associated infection; Quality improvement
Funding
- Hamilton Health Sciences Quality Assurance Project grant
- AMMI Canada/Astellas Post-Residency Fellowship
- Hamilton Health Sciences Foundation
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We assessed appropriateness of preceding and concurrent antibiotics in 126 consecutive patients with hospital-associated Clostridium difficile infection. In 93 (73.8%) episodes, at least 1 preceding course of antibiotics was inappropriate. We provided feedback on concurrent antibiotics on the day of diagnosis during the final 8 months: 17 of 74 (23.0%) patients were on inappropriate antibiotics. Our recommendations were well received. Reviewing C difficile-infected patients allowed for identification of opportunities to improve antibiotic utilization and potentially improved patient outcomes. Copyright (C) 2013 by the Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology, Inc. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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