Optimization of vancomycin use in hospitalized patients with pneumonia through implementation of informatics based antimicrobial stewardship program (ASP) intervention
Informatics-based ASP intervention was transformative leading to significant decline in vancomycin utilization, considerable healthcare-cost savings and significant increase in nMP screening among pneumonia patients.
Authors
- Bijay Acharya
- Michael Padomek (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4530-5273)
- Doyce Graham
- Susannah Kisvarday (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9949-3081)
- Ashlesha Kaushik (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2698-4151)
- Brittany Esty
- Corey Thieman
- Chakri Pureti
- Sandeep Gupta
Institutions
- Boston Children's Hospital (US)
- Harvard University (US)
- UnityPoint Health (US)
- Boston Children's Museum (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology
- Published
- 2026-03-09
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1017/ice.2026.10421
- Primary Topic
- Antibiotic Use and Resistance
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00