Impact of Comprehensive Education on Antibiotic Duration of Therapy for Community-Acquired Pneumonia in a Community Hospital
The pharmacist-led education resulted in a statistically significant reduction in the duration of therapy for patients treated for CAP. There was a statistically significant reduction in the duration of therapy after the intervention in patients who had an antibiotic switch and those who had an outpatient antibiotic prescription for CAP at discharge.
Authors
- Keaton Prebble (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0005-4045-5186)
- Layla Marefat
Institutions
- Central Baptist Hospital (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Hospital Pharmacy
- Published
- 2025-11-28
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1177/00185787251390774
- Primary Topic
- Antibiotic Use and Resistance
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00