Electronic tools to improve procalcitonin utilization

Julia A Hisey¹, Grace K Mahowald^{2

3}, Nicole V Tolan^{2

3}, Phillip Kang², Ramy H Elshaboury⁴, Anand S Dighe^{2

3}, Kent B Lewandrowski^{2

3}, Christiana A Demetriou^{5

6}, Stacy E F Melanson^{2

3}, Alyssa R Letourneau^{3

7}

Affiliations

¹ Tufts School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA.
² Department of Pathology, Mass General Brigham, Boston, MA, USA.
³ Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
⁴ Department of Pharmacy, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA.
⁵ Department of Primary Care and Population Health, University of Nicosia Medical School, Nicosia, Cyprus.
⁶ The Cyprus School of Molecular Medicine, The Cyprus Institute of Neurology and Genetics, Nicosia, Cyprus.
⁷ Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Division, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA.

Julia A Hisey et al. Antimicrob Steward Healthc Epidemiol. 2025.

. 2025 Feb 11;5(1):e33.

doi: 10.1017/ash.2024.501. eCollection 2025.

¹ Tufts School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA.
² Department of Pathology, Mass General Brigham, Boston, MA, USA.
³ Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
⁴ Department of Pharmacy, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA.
⁵ Department of Primary Care and Population Health, University of Nicosia Medical School, Nicosia, Cyprus.
⁶ The Cyprus School of Molecular Medicine, The Cyprus Institute of Neurology and Genetics, Nicosia, Cyprus.
⁷ Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Division, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA.

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