Antimicrobial stewardship, procalcitonin testing, and rapid blood-culture identification to optimize sepsis care in critically ill adult patients: A quality improvement initiative

• Main Authors: Wendy I. Sligl (Author), Justin Z. Chen (Author), Xiaoming Wang (Author), Cheyanne Boehm (Author), Karen Fong (Author), Katelynn Crick (Author), Míriam Garrido Clua (Author), Cassidy Codan (Author), Tanis C. Dingle (Author), Daniel Gregson (Author), Connie Prosser (Author), Hossein Sadrzadeh (Author), Charles Yan (Author), Guanmin Chen (Author), Alena Tse-Chang (Author), Daniel Garros (Author), Christopher J. Doig (Author), David Zygun (Author), Dawn Opgenorth (Author), John M. Conly (Author), Sean M Bagshaw (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Cambridge University Press, 2023-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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We examined the effect of an antimicrobial stewardship program (ASP), procalcitonin testing and rapid blood-culture identification on hospital mortality in a prospective quality improvement project in critically ill septic adults. Secondarily, we have reported antimicrobial guideline concordance, ac...