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Impact of Rejection of Low-Quality Wound Swabs on Antimicrobial Prescribing: A Controlled Before-After Study.
Marchand-Senécal, Xavier; Brasg, Ian A; Kozak, Robert; Elligsen, Marion; Vermeiren, Christie; Corbeil, Antoine J; Barker, Kevin R; Katz, Kevin; Powis, Jeff E; Gold, Wayne L; Leis, Jerome A.
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  • Marchand-Senécal X; Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
  • Brasg IA; Humber River Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
  • Kozak R; Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
  • Elligsen M; Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
  • Vermeiren C; Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
  • Corbeil AJ; Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
  • Barker KR; Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
  • Katz K; Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
  • Powis JE; Michael Garron Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
  • Gold WL; Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
  • Leis JA; University Health Network, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Open Forum Infect Dis ; 8(1): ofaa609, 2021 Jan.
Article en En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-33511234
In this controlled before-after study, wound swabs were only processed for culture, identification, and susceptibility testing if a quality metric, determined by the Q score, was met. Rejection of low-quality wound swabs resulted in a modest decrease in reflexive antibiotic initiation while reducing laboratory workload and generating few clinician requests.
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Texto completo: 1 Colección: 01-internacional Base de datos: MEDLINE Tipo de estudio: Prognostic_studies Idioma: En Revista: Open Forum Infect Dis Año: 2021 Tipo del documento: Article País de afiliación: Canadá Pais de publicación: Estados Unidos
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Texto completo: 1 Colección: 01-internacional Base de datos: MEDLINE Tipo de estudio: Prognostic_studies Idioma: En Revista: Open Forum Infect Dis Año: 2021 Tipo del documento: Article País de afiliación: Canadá Pais de publicación: Estados Unidos