Anatomy of a successful stewardship intervention: Improving perioperative prescribing in penicillin-allergic patients.

Mary Elizabeth SextonMerin Elizabeth KuruvillaFrancis A WolfGrant C LyndeZanthia Wiley

Published in: Infection control and hospital epidemiology (2021)

An educational antibiotic stewardship intervention produced a significant change in clinician behavior. A simple intervention can have a significant impact, although further study is needed regarding whether this response is sustained and whether an educational intervention is similarly effective in other healthcare systems.

Keyphrases

randomized controlled trial
healthcare
end stage renal disease
primary care
chronic kidney disease
newly diagnosed
patients undergoing
emergency department
prognostic factors
cardiac surgery
peritoneal dialysis
patient reported outcomes
acute kidney injury
acute care
affordable care act
drug induced