Impact of Implementation of the Core Elements of Outpatient Antibiotic Stewardship Within Veterans Health Administration Emergency Departments and Primary Care Clinics on Antibiotic Prescribing and Patient Outcomes.

K, Madaras-Kelly; C, Hostler; M, Townsend; EM, Potter; ES, Spivak; SK, Hall; MB, Goetz; M, Nevers; J, Ying; B, Haaland; SA, Rovelsky; B, Pontefract; K, Fleming-Dutra; LA, Hicks; MH, Samore

doi:10.1093/cid/ciaa1831

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Impact of Implementation of the Core Elements of Outpatient Antibiotic Stewardship Within Veterans Health Administration Emergency Departments and Primary Care Clinics on Antibiotic Prescribing and Patient Outcomes.

Published in Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America • Sep 1, 2021

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Madaras-Kelly K

Hostler C

Townsend M

Abstract

<h4>Background</h4>The Core Elements of Outpatient Antibiotic Stewardship provide a framework to improve antibiotic use. We report the impact of core elements implementation within Veterans Health Administration sites.<h4>Methods</h4>In this quasiexperimental controlled study, effects of an interven...

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Respiratory Tract Infections

Outpatients

Antimicrobial Stewardship

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