ArticleOpen forum infectious diseases2021
Improved Antibiotic Prescribing Practices for Respiratory Infections Through Use of Computerized Order Sets and Educational Sessions in Pediatric Clinics.
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- Interventions to Minimize Unnecessary Antibiotic Use for Acute Otitis Media: A Meta-Analysis.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
- Impact of institutional treatment guidance on the management and outcomes ofAntimicrobial stewardship & healthcare epidemiology : ASHE · 2025Article
- A five-year quasi-experimental study to evaluate the impact of empiric antibiotic order sets on antibiotic use metrics among hospitalized adult patients.Infection control and hospital epidemiology · 2024Article
- A quasi-experimental analysis comparing antimicrobial usage on COVID-19 and non-COVID-19 wards.Antimicrobial stewardship & healthcare epidemiology : ASHE · 2024Article
- Standardizing Strep Throat Documentation in a Pediatric Outpatient Setting During COVID-19: A Quality Improvement Pilot Project.The journal for nurse practitioners : JNP · 2023Article
- Ongoing Efforts to Improve Antimicrobial Utilization in Hospitals among African Countries and Implications for the Future.Antibiotics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
- Antimicrobial stewardship program in pediatric medicine.Pediatric investigation · 2021Review
- Strategies to Improve Antimicrobial Utilization with a Special Focus on Developing Countries.Life (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021Review
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Abstract
backgroundComputerized clinical decision support systems (CDSS) have shown promising effectiveness in improving outpatient antibiotic prescribing.
methodsWe developed an intervention in the form of EPIC (Verona, WI, USA) order sets comprised of outpatient treatment pathways for 3 pediatric bacterial acute respiratory infections (ARIs) coupled with educational sessions. Four pediatric clinics were randomized into intervention and control arms over pre- and postimplementation study periods. In the intervention clinics, education was provided in between the 2 study periods and EPIC order sets became available at the beginning of the postimplementation period. The primary end point was the percentage of first-line antibiotic prescribing, and the secondary end points included antibiotic duration and antibiotic prescription modification within 14 days.
resultsA total of 2690 antibiotic prescriptions were included. During the pre-implementation phase, there was no difference in first-line antibiotic prescribing (74.9% vs 77.7%;
conclusionsA computerized CDSS involving treatment pathways in the form of order sets coupled with educational sessions was associated with a higher percentage of first-line antibiotic prescribing and shorter antibiotic duration for the outpatient treatment of pediatric bacterial ARIs.
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