Introducing antimicrobial stewardship to the outpatient clinics of a suburban academic health system.

Travis B Nielsen Maressa SantarossaBeatrice ProbstLaurie LabuszewskiJenna LopezMary Barsanti-SekharFritzie S Albarillo

Published in: Antimicrobial stewardship & healthcare epidemiology : ASHE (2022)

Intense pressure from patients to prescribe antimicrobials when they are not indicated leads to overprescribing, an effect compounded by the importance of patient satisfaction scores. Compliance reporting improved the number of appropriate antibiotics prescribed in the primary care setting.

Keyphrases

primary care
patient satisfaction
end stage renal disease
ejection fraction
newly diagnosed
prognostic factors
emergency department
adverse drug
drug induced