Respiratory culture nudge improves antibiotic prescribing for Moraxella catarrhalis and Haemophilus influenzae lower respiratory tract infections

Authors

Christen J. Arena, Henry Ford Health
Rachel M. Kenney, Henry Ford HealthFollow
Ronald E. Kendall
Robert J. Tibbetts, Henry Ford HealthFollow
Michael P. Veve, Henry Ford HealthFollow

Recommended Citation

Arena CJ, Kenney RM, Kendall RE, Tibbetts RJ, and Veve MP. Respiratory culture nudge improves antibiotic prescribing for Moraxella catarrhalis and Haemophilus influenzae lower respiratory tract infections. Antimicrob Steward Healthc Epidemiol 2023; 3(1):e23.

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

1-1-2023

Publication Title

Antimicrob Steward Healthc Epidemiol

Abstract

We compared optimal antibiotic prescribing before and after implementing an interpretive β-lactamase microbiology comment for Haemophilus influenzae and Moraxella catarrhalis in lower respiratory-tract infections. The postintervention group was associated with 5-fold increased odds of optimal de-escalation (adjusted odds ratio, 5.03; 95% confidence interval, 2.57-9.87).

PubMed ID

36777952

Volume

3

Issue

1

First Page

23

Last Page

23