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Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol
; 41(5): 604-607, 2020 05.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-32248863
ABSTRACT
We characterized the impact of removal of the ESBL designation from microbiology reports on inpatient antibiotic prescribing. Definitive prescribing of carbapenems decreased from 48.4% to 16.1% (P = .01) and ß-lactam-ß-lactamase inhibitor combination increased from 19.4% to 61.3% (P = .002). Our findings confirm the importance of collaboration between microbiology and antimicrobial stewardship programs.