ArticleAntimicrobial stewardship & healthcare epidemiology : ASHE2024
It takes a village: decreasing inappropriate antibiotic prescribing for upper respiratory tract infections.
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- Inappropriate antibiotic prescribing for acute respiratory illnesses in outpatient settings in New York City, 2019-2022.Antimicrobial stewardship & healthcare epidemiology : ASHE · 2026Article
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Abstract
Objective: Prescribing of antibiotics for viral upper respiratory infections (URIs) remains a pressing public health problem. We sought to reduce inappropriate prescribing of antibiotics for URIs in Mayo Clinic Arizona. Design: Single-center, quasi-experimental, and retrospective cohort study. Setting: Emergency medicine and all primary care departments. Methods: The interventions included sharing baseline prescribing data, education, resources, and quarterly peer comparison reports. Encounters with diagnostic codes for respiratory infections commonly caused by viruses were categorized as Tier 3 (ie, never appropriate to prescribe antibiotics). Our goal was to reduce inappropriate prescribing for Tier 3 encounters by 22% in 2022. Results: Department education was completed by June 2022. The annual antibiotic prescribing rate for Tier 3 encounters was reduced by 29%, from a baseline rate of 23.6% in 2021 to 16.4% in 2022 ( Conclusion: A multi-faceted intervention, which included baseline education, syndrome-specific order panels, resources for symptomatic management, and peer comparison reports, resulted in significant reduction of inappropriate antibiotic prescribing for URIs.
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