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Improving antibiotic prescribing for acute bronchitis in the ambulatory setting using a multifaceted approach

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 May 2021

Philip Chung ,
Regina Nailon ,
M. Salman Ashraf ,
Scott Bergman ,
Teresa Micheels ,
Mark E. Rupp ,
Michelle Schwedhelm ,
Maureen Tierney ,
Kate Tyner  and
Trevor C. Van Schooneveld
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Philip Chung
Affiliation:
Division of Public Health, Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services, Lincoln, Nebraska
Regina Nailon
Affiliation:
Nebraska Coalition for Patient Safety, Omaha, Nebraska
M. Salman Ashraf
Affiliation:
Division of Infectious Diseases, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska
Scott Bergman
Affiliation:
Department of Pharmacy, Nebraska Medicine, Omaha, Nebraska Department of Pharmacy Practice and Science, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska
Teresa Micheels
Affiliation:
Department of Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology, Nebraska Medicine, Omaha, Nebraska
Mark E. Rupp
Affiliation:
Division of Infectious Diseases, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska
Michelle Schwedhelm
Affiliation:
Emergency Management & Biopreparedness, Nebraska Medicine, Omaha, Nebraska
Maureen Tierney
Affiliation:
Department of Medicine, Creighton University School of Medicine, Omaha, Nebraska
Kate Tyner
Affiliation:
Department of Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology, Nebraska Medicine, Omaha, Nebraska
Trevor C. Van Schooneveld
Affiliation:
Division of Infectious Diseases, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska
Jasmine R. Marcelin*
Affiliation:
Division of Infectious Diseases, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska
*
Author for correspondence: Jasmine R. Marcelin, MD; E-mail: jasmine.marcelin@unmc.edu
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Abstract

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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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 43 , Issue 9 , September 2022 , pp. 1235 - 1237
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© The Author(s), 2021. Published by Cambridge University Press on behalf of The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America

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PREVIOUS PRESENTATION: Portions of this work were presented as an oral abstract at IDWeek 2019 on October 4, 2019, in Washington, DC.

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