Ditching the defaults: Assessing the impact of default duration removal on antibiotic prescriptions originating in the emergency department

2025/02/24 by A. L. Abel, Ryan W. Stevens, Sara Ausman +7 · 1 voice
Health Professions · Immunology and Microbiology · Medicine · #Antibiotic Use and Resistance #Patient Satisfaction in Healthcare #Urinary Tract Infections Management

paper · doi:10.1017/ice.2025.31

openalex publication_date 2025/02/24 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/22

Abstract

Reducing antimicrobial exposure by limiting the duration of therapy is an effective antimicrobial stewardship strategy. In this article, we describe the impact of modification of the electronic health record to remove default durations of therapy on ambulatory antibiotic prescriptions issued from emergency departments in a large, multicenter health system.

Citations

• Global burden of bacterial antimicrobial resistance 1990–2021: a systematic analysis with forecasts to 2050

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