Antibiotic overuse after discharge from medical short-stay units

Nathaniel S. Soper; Abhinav J. Appukutty; David Paje; Lindsay A. Petty; Scott A. Flanders; Qisu Zhang; Jennifer K. Horowitz; Valerie M. Vaughn

doi:10.1017/ice.2021.346

Antibiotic overuse after discharge from medical short-stay units

Nathaniel S. Soper^*, Abhinav J. Appukutty, David Paje, Lindsay A. Petty, Scott A. Flanders, Qisu Zhang, Jennifer K. Horowitz, Valerie M. Vaughn

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Abstract

Of 100 patients discharged from short-stay units (SSUs) with antibiotics, 47 had a skin and soft-tissue infection, 22 had pneumonia, and 21 had a urinary tract infection. Among all discharge antibiotic prescriptions, 78% involved antibiotic overuse, most commonly excess duration (54 of 100) and guideline discordant selection (44 of 100).

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	1689-1692
Number of pages	4
Journal	Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology
Volume	43
Issue number	11
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1017/ice.2021.346
State	Published - Nov 24 2022

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Financial support. Dr. Vaughn is supported by a career development award from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (1-K08-HS26530-01). The content is solely the responsibility of the authors and does not necessarily represent the official views of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality.

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