Does an educational session with an infectious diseases physician reduce the use of inappropriate antibiotic therapy for inpatients with positive urine culture results? A controlled before-and-after study.
In this controlled before-and-after study involving 19 departments in a university-affiliated hospital, a single 1-hour educational session delivered by an infectious diseases physician reduced the use of inappropriate antibiotic therapy for inpatients with positive urine culture results. Further study is warranted to assess the long-term effect of this intervention.
Pavese
Patricia
P
Department of Infectious Diseases and Tropical Medicine, Grenoble University Hospital, Grenoble, France.
Saurel
Nathalie
N
Labarère
José
J
Decouchon
Corinne
C
Vittoz
Jean-Philippe
JP
Foroni
Luc
L
Maurin
Max
M
François
Patrice
P
D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D001437:Bacteriuria / Q000188:drug therapy; D003470:Culture Media; D004502:Education, Medical, Continuing / Q000379:methods; D005260:Female; D005602:France; D006785:Hospitals, University; D006801:Humans; D055552:Infectious Disease Medicine; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010820:Physicians; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D010818:Practice Patterns, Physicians' / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D015397:Program Evaluation; D014552:Urinary Tract Infections / Q000188:drug therapy*; D014556:Urine / Q000382:microbiology*
D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D003470:Culture Media