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. 2023 Jun 29;3(1):e107.
doi: 10.1017/ash.2023.183. eCollection 2023.

Antimicrobial stewardship, procalcitonin testing, and rapid blood-culture identification to optimize sepsis care in critically ill adult patients: A quality improvement initiative

Wendy I Sligl  1   2 , Justin Z Chen  2 , Xiaoming Wang  3 , Cheyanne Boehm  4 , Karen Fong  5 , Katelynn Crick  1 , Míriam Garrido Clua  1 , Cassidy Codan  6 , Tanis C Dingle  7 , Daniel Gregson  8   9 , Connie Prosser  10 , Hossein Sadrzadeh  11 , Charles Yan  12 , Guanmin Chen  13 , Alena Tse-Chang  14 , Daniel Garros  15 , Christopher J Doig  6 , David Zygun  1 , Dawn Opgenorth  1 , John M Conly  9 , Sean M Bagshaw  1   16
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Antimicrobial stewardship, procalcitonin testing, and rapid blood-culture identification to optimize sepsis care in critically ill adult patients: A quality improvement initiative

Wendy I Sligl et al. Antimicrob Steward Healthc Epidemiol. .

Abstract

We examined the effect of an antimicrobial stewardship program (ASP), procalcitonin testing and rapid blood-culture identification on hospital mortality in a prospective quality improvement project in critically ill septic adults. Secondarily, we have reported antimicrobial guideline concordance, acceptance of ASP interventions, and antimicrobial and health-resource utilization.

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All authors report no conflicts of interest relevant to this article. The corresponding author has no conflicts of interest. ICMJE Disclosure Forms to be completed by all authors if accepted for publication.

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