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Harvesting the low-hanging fruit? Comparative assessment of intravenous to oral route antimicrobial conversion policy implementation.

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Moehring, RW; Davis, A; Dodds Ashley, E; Dyer, AP; Drew, RH; Loknyghina, Y; Johnson, MD; Jones, TM; Spires, SS; Sexton, DJ; Anderson, DJ
Published in: Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol
June 2023

Policies that promote conversion of antibiotics from intravenous to oral route administration are considered "low hanging fruit" for hospital antimicrobial stewardship programs. We developed a simple metric based on digestive days of therapy divided by total days of therapy for targeted agents and a method for hospital comparisons. External comparisons may help identify opportunities for improving prospective implementation.

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Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol

DOI

EISSN

1559-6834

Publication Date

June 2023

Volume

44

Issue

6

Start / End Page

954 / 958

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Prospective Studies
  • Policy
  • Humans
  • Epidemiology
  • Anti-Infective Agents
  • Anti-Bacterial Agents
  • Administration, Intravenous
  • 42 Health sciences
  • 32 Biomedical and clinical sciences
  • 11 Medical and Health Sciences
 

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Moehring, R. W., Davis, A., Dodds Ashley, E., Dyer, A. P., Drew, R. H., Loknyghina, Y., … Anderson, D. J. (2023). Harvesting the low-hanging fruit? Comparative assessment of intravenous to oral route antimicrobial conversion policy implementation. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol, 44(6), 954–958. https://doi.org/10.1017/ice.2022.158
Moehring, Rebekah W., Angelina Davis, Elizabeth Dodds Ashley, April P. Dyer, Richard H. Drew, Yuliya Loknyghina, Melissa D. Johnson, et al. “Harvesting the low-hanging fruit? Comparative assessment of intravenous to oral route antimicrobial conversion policy implementation.Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 44, no. 6 (June 2023): 954–58. https://doi.org/10.1017/ice.2022.158.
Moehring RW, Davis A, Dodds Ashley E, Dyer AP, Drew RH, Loknyghina Y, et al. Harvesting the low-hanging fruit? Comparative assessment of intravenous to oral route antimicrobial conversion policy implementation. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2023 Jun;44(6):954–8.
Moehring, Rebekah W., et al. “Harvesting the low-hanging fruit? Comparative assessment of intravenous to oral route antimicrobial conversion policy implementation.Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol, vol. 44, no. 6, June 2023, pp. 954–58. Pubmed, doi:10.1017/ice.2022.158.
Moehring RW, Davis A, Dodds Ashley E, Dyer AP, Drew RH, Loknyghina Y, Johnson MD, Jones TM, Spires SS, Sexton DJ, Anderson DJ. Harvesting the low-hanging fruit? Comparative assessment of intravenous to oral route antimicrobial conversion policy implementation. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2023 Jun;44(6):954–958.
Journal cover image

Published In

Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol

DOI

EISSN

1559-6834

Publication Date

June 2023

Volume

44

Issue

6

Start / End Page

954 / 958

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Prospective Studies
  • Policy
  • Humans
  • Epidemiology
  • Anti-Infective Agents
  • Anti-Bacterial Agents
  • Administration, Intravenous
  • 42 Health sciences
  • 32 Biomedical and clinical sciences
  • 11 Medical and Health Sciences