Description
Increase awareness of ASB prescribing practices through provider, nursing and patient education.
Project Resources
Core Elements
Accountability
Appointing a single leader responsible for program outcomes. Experience with successful programs show that a physician leader is effective.
Action
Appointing a single leader responsible for program outcomes. Experience with successful programs show that a physician leader is effective.
Drug Expertise
Appointing a single leader responsible for program outcomes. Experience with successful programs show that a physician leader is effective.
Education
Educating clinicians about resistance and optimal prescribing.
Leadership Commitment
Dedicating necessary human, financial and information technology resources.
Reporting
Regular reporting information on antibiotic use and resistance to doctors, nurses and relevant staff.
Tracking
Monitoring antibiotic prescribing and resistance patterns.
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Distributing ASB education to nursing to discuss in huddles, providers to discuss in provider meetings, and to patients upon discharge.
I predict that nursing, providers and patients will become more aware of of what ASB is and more aware of prescribing practices.
This will be completed by November 24th to align with U.S. Antibiotic Awareness week.
In the meantime, I will continue to collect urine culture data to determine baseline data. This will be done using the data template that has been provided by UW-TASP for F-ASB data collection.
Track and collected data across inpatient, ER, and outpatient.
Found low ASB prevalence but high treatment.
July 1 – integrated education into workflow.