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Improving Post-discharge Antimicrobial Use
One in five hospitalized patients is prescribed an antimicrobial at the time of discharge, and a large proportion of these post-discharge antimicrobials are unnecessary. The investigators will evaluate a novel method for reviewing post-discharge antimicrobial prescriptions in real-time with the goal of improving antimicrobial selection and duration.
Conditions:
🦠 Infections
🗓️ Study Start (Actual) 22 May 2023
🗓️ Primary Completion (Estimated) 19 November 2023
✅ Study Completion (Estimated) 19 December 2023
👥 Enrollment (Estimated) 10
🔬 Study Type INTERVENTIONAL
📊 Phase NA
Locations:
📍 Indianapolis, Indiana, United States
📍 Iowa City, Iowa, United States
📍 Baltimore, Maryland, United States
📍 Saint Louis, Missouri, United States
📍 San Antonio, Texas, United States

📋 Eligibility Criteria

Description

    Inclusion Criteria:

    • --The local stewardship team agrees to implement the discharge stewardship intervention on at least one inpatient service or ward.

    Exclusion Criteria:

    • --The hospital already has an audit-and-feedback process in place that focuses on antimicrobial prescribing at hospital discharge.
Ages Eligible for Study: 18 Years to N/A (ADULT, OLDER_ADULT)
Sexes Eligible for Study: ALL
Accepts Healthy Volunteers: Yes

🗓️ Study Record Dates

These dates track the progress of study record and summary results submissions to ClinicalTrials.gov. Study records and reported results are reviewed by the National Library of Medicine (NLM) to make sure they meet specific quality control standards before being posted on the public website.

Study Registration Dates

  • First Submitted 13 July 2022
  • First Submitted that Met QC Criteria 20 July 2022
  • First Posted 25 July 2022

Study Record Updates

  • Last Update Submitted that Met QC Criteria 24 May 2023
  • Last Update Posted 25 May 2023
  • Last Verified May 2023
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