Use of clinician audit and feedback reports at two children’s hospitals boosted adherence to antibiotic choice and duration recommendations for children hospitalized with community-acquired pneumonia (CAP), researchers reported yesterday in Clinical Infectious Diseases.
While electronic feedback reports have been shown to improve adherence to evidence-based recommendations for antibiotic use in outpatient settings, their use has not been well-explored in inpatient settings.
The primary outcome of the study was the proportion of all CAP encounters that involved both the appropriate antibiotic choice and duration before and after the intervention.
32% increase in rate of appropriate prescribing A total of 800 CAP encounters occurred during the study period (413 preintervention and 387 postintervention).
Adherence to appropriate antibiotic choice and duration increased from 52% of encounters preintervention to 80% postintervention.
Use of clinician audit and feedback reports at two children’s hospitals boosted adherence to antibiotic choice and duration recommendations for children hospitalized with community-acquired pneumonia (CAP), researchers reported yesterday in Clinical Infectious Diseases.
