Huntsville Hospital, Department of Pharmacy, Huntsville, Alabama.
TriStar Centennial Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee.
Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2023 Sep;44(9):1391-1395. doi: 10.1017/ice.2022.272. Epub 2023 Mar 16.
To describe the effect of a microbiology comment nudge on antibiotic use for asymptomatic bacteriuria (ASB).
Single-center, before-and-after, quasi-experimental study.
Community-based, public, not-for-profit teaching hospital in the southeastern United States.
Adult inpatients with a positive urine culture and the absence of urinary tract infection signs and symptoms.
Implementation of a microbiology comment nudge on urine cultures.
In total, 204 patients were included in the study. Antibiotics were less likely to be continued beyond 72 hours in the postimplementation group: 57 (55%) of 104 versus 38 (38%) of 100 ( = .016). They were less likely to have antibiotics continued beyond 48 hours: 60 (58%) of 104 versus 43 (43%) of 100 ( = .036). They were also less likely to have antibiotics prescribed at discharge 35 (34%) of 104 versus 20 (20%) of 100 ( = .028). In addition, they had fewer total antibiotic days of therapy: 4 (IQR, 1-6) versus 1 (IQR, 0-6) ( = .022).
Microbiology comment nudging may contribute to less antibiotic utilization in patients with ASB.
描述微生物评论提示对无症状性菌尿(ASB)抗生素使用的影响。
单中心、前后、准实验研究。
美国东南部的社区性、公立、非营利性教学医院。
尿液培养阳性且无尿路感染体征和症状的成年住院患者。
对尿液培养实施微生物评论提示。
共有 204 例患者纳入研究。在实施后组中,抗生素持续使用超过 72 小时的可能性降低:104 例中有 57 例(55%),而 100 例中有 38 例(38%)( =.016)。抗生素持续使用超过 48 小时的可能性降低:104 例中有 60 例(58%),而 100 例中有 43 例(43%)( =.036)。抗生素在出院时开具的可能性也降低:104 例中有 35 例(34%),而 100 例中有 20 例(20%)( =.028)。此外,他们的抗生素治疗总天数更少:4 天(IQR,1-6)与 1 天(IQR,0-6)( =.022)。
微生物评论提示可能有助于减少 ASB 患者的抗生素使用。