Sustained Reduction in Urgent Care Antibiotic Prescribing During the Coronavirus Disease 2019 Pandemic: An Academic Medical Center's Experience.

David R HaSharon Ong'utiAmy ChangEmily MuiIan NelliganBrooke BettsChristopher LentzWilliam AlegriaEmily FoxLina MengEdward StenehjemAdam L HershStanley DeresinskiMaja ArtandiMarisa K Holubar

Published in: Open forum infectious diseases (2022)

We compared antibiotic prescribing before and during the -coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic at 2 academic urgent care clinics and found a sustained decrease in prescribing driven by respiratory encounters and despite transitioning to telemedicine. Antibiotics were rarely prescribed during encounters for COVID-19 or COVID-19 symptoms. COVID-19 revealed opportunities for outpatient stewardship programs.

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