title: Safety of Automatic End Dates for Antimicrobial Orders to Facilitate Stewardship.
abstract: Following implementation of automatic end dates for antimicrobial orders to facilitate antimicrobial stewardship at a large, academic children's hospital, no differences were observed in patient mortality, length of stay, or readmission rates, even among patients with documented bacteremia. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 2016;37:974-978.
authors.affiliation: Division of Infectious Diseases, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.|The Center for Pediatric Clinical Effectiveness, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
authors.forename: Rachael K
authors.initials: RK
authors.lastname: Ross
authors.affiliation: Division of Infectious Diseases, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.|The Center for Pediatric Clinical Effectiveness, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
authors.forename: Jonathan M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Beus
authors.affiliation: Antimicrobial Stewardship Program, Office of Safety and Medical Operations, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
authors.forename: Talene A
authors.initials: TA
authors.lastname: Metjian
authors.affiliation: Department of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.|Center for Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
authors.forename: A Russell
authors.initials: AR
authors.lastname: Localio
authors.affiliation: Division of General Pediatrics, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.|Department of Biomedical and Health Informatics, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
authors.forename: Eric D
authors.initials: ED
authors.lastname: Shelov
authors.affiliation: Division of General Pediatrics, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.|Department of Biomedical and Health Informatics, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
authors.forename: Bimal R
authors.initials: BR
authors.lastname: Desai
authors.affiliation: Medication Safety, Office of Safety and Medical Operations, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
authors.forename: Sean P
authors.initials: SP
authors.lastname: O'Neill
authors.affiliation: Division of Infectious Diseases, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.|The Center for Pediatric Clinical Effectiveness, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.|Center for Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
authors.forename: Theoklis E
authors.initials: TE
authors.lastname: Zaoutis
authors.affiliation: Division of Infectious Diseases, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.|The Center for Pediatric Clinical Effectiveness, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.|Antimicrobial Stewardship Program, Office of Safety and Medical Operations, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.|Center for Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
authors.forename: Jeffrey S
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Gerber
mesh_terms: D000890:Anti-Infective Agents / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D000073602:Antimicrobial Stewardship; D006776:Hospitals, Pediatric; D006801:Humans; D019982:Organizational Case Studies; D015143:Philadelphia; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D017751:Safety Management
chemical_list: D000890:Anti-Infective Agents