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ArticleAntimicrobial stewardship & healthcare epidemiology : ASHE2022

Templated microbiology comments with candiduria to enhance antimicrobial stewardship.

Weston R Schartz, Nicholas Bennett, Laura Aragon, Kevin Kennedy, Austin Wilson, Sarah Boyd, Matthew Humphrey, Cynthia Essmyer

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Article in Antimicrobial stewardship & healthcare epidemiology : ASHE, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Weston R SchartzDepartment of Pharmacy, Saint Luke's Health System, Kansas City, Missouri.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9516-3472
Nicholas BennettAntimicrobial and Diagnostic Advisement Program, Saint Luke's Health System, Kansas City, Missouri.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0986-4318
Laura AragonAntimicrobial and Diagnostic Advisement Program, Saint Luke's Health System, Kansas City, Missouri.
Kevin KennedyDepartment of Biostatistics, Saint Luke's Health System, Kansas City, Missouri.
Austin WilsonDepartment of Pharmacy, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas.
Sarah BoydAntimicrobial and Diagnostic Advisement Program, Saint Luke's Health System, Kansas City, Missouri.
Matthew HumphreyDepartment of Microbiology, Saint Luke's Health System, Kansas City, Missouri.
Cynthia EssmyerDepartment of Microbiology, Saint Luke's Health System, Kansas City, Missouri.
Saint Luke's Health System · USThe University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center · US

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Objective: To evaluate the effect of templated microbiology reporting comments on antifungal utilization in patients with candiduria. Design: In this retrospective, quasi-experimental study, we evaluated a preimplementation cohort (June 2018-January 2019) compared with a postimplementation cohort (June 2019-January 2020). Setting: A multisite health system including 1 academic hospital and 4 community hospitals. Patients: Patients were aged ≥18 years, were hospitalized, and had candiduria documented at least once during their admission. The study included 156 patients in the preimplementation period and 141 patients in the postimplementation period. Methods: In June 2019, Saint Luke's Health System implemented the use of templated comments for urine cultures with Results: Antifungal administration within 72 hours of a culture identifying a Conclusion: Using a templated comment with urine cultures reduced antifungal prescription rates in hospitalized patients with candiduria. This strategy is a low-resource technique to improve antimicrobial stewardship.

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