Impact of a multimodal antimicrobial stewardship intervention on fluoroquinolone usage for antimicrobial prophylaxis before urologic procedures in a Veterans Affairs outpatient clinic
A multimodal stewardship initiative reduced FQ use before urologic procedures, mainly due to decreased IV use. Further efforts are needed to optimize pre-operative FQ use and address drivers of post-operative antibiotic prescribing.
Authors
- Christopher R. Frei (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0692-4787)
- Elizabeth Walter
- Vidal M Mendoza
- Jose Cadena-Zuluaga
- Gaielle Harb (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3244-5269)
- Teri Hopkins
- Gertrude Kinyua
Institutions
- Austin College (US)
- The University of Texas at San Antonio Health Science Center (US)
- South Texas Veterans Health Care System (US)
- The University of Texas at San Antonio (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Antimicrobial Stewardship & Healthcare Epidemiology
- Published
- 2025-01-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1017/ash.2025.10175
- Primary Topic
- Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
- Georgia Clinical and Translational Science Alliance
- National Institutes of Health
- National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences