Cargando…
Impact of a Pharmacist-Led Antimicrobial Stewardship Program on the Number of Days of Antimicrobial Therapy for Uncomplicated Gram-Negative Bacteremia in a Community Hospital
Introduction The need for pharmacist-led antimicrobial stewardship programs (ASP) is increasing. Objective We performed a retrospective study to assess whether pharmacist-led ASPs can decrease the duration of treatment for uncomplicated gram-negative bacteremia among patients admitted in a community...
Autores principales: | , , , , , |
---|---|
Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
Publicado: |
Cureus
2021
|
Materias: | |
Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8140741/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34046272 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.14635 |
_version_ | 1783696233288695808 |
---|---|
author | Fukuda, Tetsuya Tanuma, Kentaro Iio, Satoru Saito, Jumpei Komura, Makoto Yamatani, Akimasa |
author_facet | Fukuda, Tetsuya Tanuma, Kentaro Iio, Satoru Saito, Jumpei Komura, Makoto Yamatani, Akimasa |
author_sort | Fukuda, Tetsuya |
collection | PubMed |
description | Introduction The need for pharmacist-led antimicrobial stewardship programs (ASP) is increasing. Objective We performed a retrospective study to assess whether pharmacist-led ASPs can decrease the duration of treatment for uncomplicated gram-negative bacteremia among patients admitted in a community hospital. Methods This research was conducted at a 325-bed regional general hospital in Japan, from January 2013 to June 2015. There are no infectious diseases specialists affiliated with the hospital. The outcomes of the pharmacist-led ASP group, who received pharmacist intervention, and the control group, who did not receive pharmacist intervention, were compared. The study included patients aged 18 years or older who were diagnosed with gram-negative bacteremia. The pharmacist performed an antimicrobial time-out at 72 hours after blood culture collection and optimized treatment based on the patient's clinical response and test results. The primary outcome was the duration of antibiotic treatment. Results In total, 34 patients in the pharmacist-led ASP group and 32 in the control group were included in the final analysis. The median number of days of antimicrobial treatment was 8 (interquartile range [IQR]: 7-14) days in the pharmacist-led ASP group and 14 (IQR: 10-15) days in the control group. The number of days of antimicrobial treatment significantly reduced in the pharmacist-led ASP group (p < 0.001). The de-escalation rates were 11 (32.4%) cases in the pharmacist-led ASP group and 4 (12.5%) cases in the control group. Hence, the trend was higher in the pharmacist-led ASP group than in the control group (p = 0.08). Conclusion The pharmacist-led ASP reduced the number of days of antimicrobial therapy for uncomplicated gram-negative bacteremia among patients admitted in a community hospital without an infectious diseases specialist. |
format | Online Article Text |
id | pubmed-8140741 |
institution | National Center for Biotechnology Information |
language | English |
publishDate | 2021 |
publisher | Cureus |
record_format | MEDLINE/PubMed |
spelling | pubmed-81407412021-05-26 Impact of a Pharmacist-Led Antimicrobial Stewardship Program on the Number of Days of Antimicrobial Therapy for Uncomplicated Gram-Negative Bacteremia in a Community Hospital Fukuda, Tetsuya Tanuma, Kentaro Iio, Satoru Saito, Jumpei Komura, Makoto Yamatani, Akimasa Cureus Medical Education Introduction The need for pharmacist-led antimicrobial stewardship programs (ASP) is increasing. Objective We performed a retrospective study to assess whether pharmacist-led ASPs can decrease the duration of treatment for uncomplicated gram-negative bacteremia among patients admitted in a community hospital. Methods This research was conducted at a 325-bed regional general hospital in Japan, from January 2013 to June 2015. There are no infectious diseases specialists affiliated with the hospital. The outcomes of the pharmacist-led ASP group, who received pharmacist intervention, and the control group, who did not receive pharmacist intervention, were compared. The study included patients aged 18 years or older who were diagnosed with gram-negative bacteremia. The pharmacist performed an antimicrobial time-out at 72 hours after blood culture collection and optimized treatment based on the patient's clinical response and test results. The primary outcome was the duration of antibiotic treatment. Results In total, 34 patients in the pharmacist-led ASP group and 32 in the control group were included in the final analysis. The median number of days of antimicrobial treatment was 8 (interquartile range [IQR]: 7-14) days in the pharmacist-led ASP group and 14 (IQR: 10-15) days in the control group. The number of days of antimicrobial treatment significantly reduced in the pharmacist-led ASP group (p < 0.001). The de-escalation rates were 11 (32.4%) cases in the pharmacist-led ASP group and 4 (12.5%) cases in the control group. Hence, the trend was higher in the pharmacist-led ASP group than in the control group (p = 0.08). Conclusion The pharmacist-led ASP reduced the number of days of antimicrobial therapy for uncomplicated gram-negative bacteremia among patients admitted in a community hospital without an infectious diseases specialist. Cureus 2021-04-22 /pmc/articles/PMC8140741/ /pubmed/34046272 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.14635 Text en Copyright © 2021, Fukuda et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. |
spellingShingle | Medical Education Fukuda, Tetsuya Tanuma, Kentaro Iio, Satoru Saito, Jumpei Komura, Makoto Yamatani, Akimasa Impact of a Pharmacist-Led Antimicrobial Stewardship Program on the Number of Days of Antimicrobial Therapy for Uncomplicated Gram-Negative Bacteremia in a Community Hospital |
title | Impact of a Pharmacist-Led Antimicrobial Stewardship Program on the Number of Days of Antimicrobial Therapy for Uncomplicated Gram-Negative Bacteremia in a Community Hospital |
title_full | Impact of a Pharmacist-Led Antimicrobial Stewardship Program on the Number of Days of Antimicrobial Therapy for Uncomplicated Gram-Negative Bacteremia in a Community Hospital |
title_fullStr | Impact of a Pharmacist-Led Antimicrobial Stewardship Program on the Number of Days of Antimicrobial Therapy for Uncomplicated Gram-Negative Bacteremia in a Community Hospital |
title_full_unstemmed | Impact of a Pharmacist-Led Antimicrobial Stewardship Program on the Number of Days of Antimicrobial Therapy for Uncomplicated Gram-Negative Bacteremia in a Community Hospital |
title_short | Impact of a Pharmacist-Led Antimicrobial Stewardship Program on the Number of Days of Antimicrobial Therapy for Uncomplicated Gram-Negative Bacteremia in a Community Hospital |
title_sort | impact of a pharmacist-led antimicrobial stewardship program on the number of days of antimicrobial therapy for uncomplicated gram-negative bacteremia in a community hospital |
topic | Medical Education |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8140741/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34046272 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.14635 |
work_keys_str_mv | AT fukudatetsuya impactofapharmacistledantimicrobialstewardshipprogramonthenumberofdaysofantimicrobialtherapyforuncomplicatedgramnegativebacteremiainacommunityhospital AT tanumakentaro impactofapharmacistledantimicrobialstewardshipprogramonthenumberofdaysofantimicrobialtherapyforuncomplicatedgramnegativebacteremiainacommunityhospital AT iiosatoru impactofapharmacistledantimicrobialstewardshipprogramonthenumberofdaysofantimicrobialtherapyforuncomplicatedgramnegativebacteremiainacommunityhospital AT saitojumpei impactofapharmacistledantimicrobialstewardshipprogramonthenumberofdaysofantimicrobialtherapyforuncomplicatedgramnegativebacteremiainacommunityhospital AT komuramakoto impactofapharmacistledantimicrobialstewardshipprogramonthenumberofdaysofantimicrobialtherapyforuncomplicatedgramnegativebacteremiainacommunityhospital AT yamataniakimasa impactofapharmacistledantimicrobialstewardshipprogramonthenumberofdaysofantimicrobialtherapyforuncomplicatedgramnegativebacteremiainacommunityhospital |