Impact of Rejection of Low-Quality Wound Swabs on Antimicrobial Prescribing: A Controlled Before–After Study

In this controlled before–after study, wound swabs were only processed for culture, identification, and susceptibility testing if a quality metric, determined by the Q score, was met. Rejection of low-quality wound swabs resulted in a modest decrease in reflexive antibiotic initiation while reducing...

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Autores principales: Marchand-Senécal, Xavier, Brasg, Ian A, Kozak, Robert, Elligsen, Marion, Vermeiren, Christie, Corbeil, Antoine J, Barker, Kevin R, Katz, Kevin, Powis, Jeff E, Gold, Wayne L, Leis, Jerome A
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2020
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Brief Reports
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7813205/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33511234
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofaa609
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Sumario:In this controlled before–after study, wound swabs were only processed for culture, identification, and susceptibility testing if a quality metric, determined by the Q score, was met. Rejection of low-quality wound swabs resulted in a modest decrease in reflexive antibiotic initiation while reducing laboratory workload and generating few clinician requests.

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