TY - JOUR
T1 - Improving antibiotic prescribing for acute bronchitis in the ambulatory setting using a multifaceted approach
AU - Chung, Philip
AU - Nailon, Regina
AU - Ashraf, M. Salman
AU - Bergman, Scott
AU - Micheels, Teresa
AU - Rupp, Mark E.
AU - Schwedhelm, Michelle
AU - Tierney, Maureen
AU - Tyner, Kate
AU - Van Schooneveld, Trevor C.
AU - Marcelin, Jasmine R.
N1 - Funding Information:
Conflicts of interest. S.A. reports grant funding from Merck, unrelated to this work. All other authors have nothing to disclose.
Funding Information:
Financial support. This work was performed as a collaborative effort between Nebraska Medicine/University of Nebraska Medical Center and the Nebraska Antimicrobial Stewardship Assessment and Promotion Program (ASAP), which is funded by the Nebraska DHHS through the CDC Epidemiology and Laboratory Capacity Grant.
Publisher Copyright:
© The Author(s), 2021.
PY - 2022/9/14
Y1 - 2022/9/14
N2 - Antibiotics are frequently prescribed inappropriately for acute respiratory infections in the outpatient setting. We report the implementation of a multifaceted outpatient antimicrobial stewardship initiative resulting in a 12.3% absolute reduction of antibiotic prescribing for acute bronchitis in primary care clinics receiving active interventions.
AB - Antibiotics are frequently prescribed inappropriately for acute respiratory infections in the outpatient setting. We report the implementation of a multifaceted outpatient antimicrobial stewardship initiative resulting in a 12.3% absolute reduction of antibiotic prescribing for acute bronchitis in primary care clinics receiving active interventions.
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U2 - 10.1017/ice.2021.164
DO - 10.1017/ice.2021.164
M3 - Article
C2 - 33985606
AN - SCOPUS:85105883482
SN - 0899-823X
VL - 43
SP - 1235
EP - 1237
JO - Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology
JF - Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology
IS - 9
ER -