Pharmacy (Aug 2021)

Use of a Novel Clinical Decision Support Tool for Pharmacist-Led Antimicrobial Stewardship in Patients with Normal Procalcitonin

  • Andrew B. Watkins,
  • Trevor C. Van Schooneveld,
  • Craig G. Reha,
  • Jayme Anderson,
  • Kelley McGinnis,
  • Scott J. Bergman

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3390/pharmacy9030136
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 9, no. 3
p. 136

Abstract

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In 2018, a clinical decision support (CDS) tool was implemented as part of a “daily checklist” for frontline pharmacists to review patients on antibiotics with procalcitonin (PCT) p = 0.0156). The LOS was similar in both groups (median 6.4 days vs. 7 days, p = 0.81). In conclusion, interventions driven by a CDS tool for pharmacist-driven antimicrobial stewardship in patients with a normal PCT resulted in fewer DOT and significantly higher rates of vancomycin discontinuation.

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