Ditching the defaults: Assessing the impact of default duration removal on antibiotic prescriptions originating in the emergency department
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.
Authors
- Courtney Willis (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0005-6275-8604)
- Sara Ausman (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7267-2656)
- Sarah Lessard (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3126-4231)
- Ryan W. Stevens (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5050-6689)
- Dan Ilges (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0778-3901)
- Kelsey Jensen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8372-3316)
- A. L. Abel (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1965-0674)
- Kirstin J. Kooda (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0549-8560)
- Kellie N. Arensman Hannan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0200-1782)
- Christina G. Rivera (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8308-3264)
Institutions
- WinnMed (US)
- Mayo Clinic Health System (US)
- Mayo Clinic in Arizona (US)
- Mayo Clinic Hospital (US)
- Mayo Clinic in Florida (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology
- Published
- 2025-02-24
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1017/ice.2025.31
- Primary Topic
- Antibiotic Use and Resistance
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00