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Kevin Hsueh1, Maria Reyes1, Tamara Krekel2, Ed Casabar2, David J Ritchie2, S Reza Jafarzadeh1, Amanda J Hays3, Michael A Lane1, Michael J Durkin1.
Abstract
We present the first description of an antimicrobial stewardship program (ASP) used to successfully manage a multi-antimicrobial drug shortage. Without resorting to formulary restriction, meropenem utilization decreased by 69% and piperacillin-tazobactam by 73%. During the shortage period, hospital mortality decreased (P=.03), while hospital length of stay remained unchanged. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 2017;38:356-359.Entities:
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Year: 2016 PMID: 27917734 PMCID: PMC8011860 DOI: 10.1017/ice.2016.289
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol ISSN: 0899-823X Impact factor: 3.254