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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Shah, Aditya
• Stevens, Ryan W
• O'Horo, John C
• Dierkhising, Ross A
• Estes, Lynn L
• Berbari, Elie F
• Tande, Aaron J

Titel

Evaluation of an initiative to improve prophylactic antimicrobial prescribing in patients on extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) through the application of three antimicrobial-spectrum scores

Ist Teil von

• Infection control and hospital epidemiology, 2022-01, Vol.43 (1), p.96-98

Ort / Verlag

United States: Cambridge University Press

Erscheinungsjahr

2022

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Quelle

MEDLINE

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• Antimicrobial spectrum scoring is a method to quantify the spectrum of antimicrobial utilization. Herein, we applied a locally adapted scoring system, with other pre-existing scoring systems, using a data set of prophylactically administered antibiotics following a 2-stage antimicrobial stewardship program (ASP) intervention in a population of patients on extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO).