Decisions About Suppressive Antibiotics Among Clinicians at Veterans Affairs Hospitals After Prosthetic Joint Infection
This qualitative study found that surgeons and infectious diseases physicians often made initial decisions about SAT and identified other potential decision-makers (patients, primary care physicians, pharmacists) and significant time points that occur before or after the SAT prescribing decision, including PJI treatment decisions and follow-up appointments. Stewardship interventions should take into account decision points for patients with PJI across time and the range of decision-makers, including patients, across time.
Authors
- Heather Schacht Reisinger (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5348-063X)
- BRUCE K. ALEXANDER (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4090-2274)
- Stacey Hockett Sherlock (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3180-782X)
- Dan Suh
- Hiroyuki Suzuki (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5953-3704)
- Kelly Miell (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8620-8069)
- Brice Beck
- Poorani Sekar (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4000-9419)
- Marin L. Schweizer (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3604-0093)
- Kimberly Dukes (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6977-4221)
- Andrew J. Pugely (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7812-2484)
- Julia Friberg Walhof
Institutions
- University of Iowa (US)
- University of Wisconsin–Madison (US)
- Iowa City VA Health Care System (US)
- William S. Middleton Memorial Veterans Hospital (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- JAMA Network Open
- Published
- 2025-03-19
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2025.1152
- Primary Topic
- Orthopedic Infections and Treatments
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00