Description
- That antibiotic prescribing is following the four moments of Antibiotic Desision Making:
- Make the diagnosis
- Cultures and empiric therapy
- Stop, narrow, change to PO
- Duration
- Reminder for clinical pharmacists to assess the appropiateness of ordered antibiotics related to spectrum, duration and to encourage IV to PO changes 48 hours after antibiotics have been started.
Project Resources
4 moments of abx and time-out tool
Core Elements
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.
Tracking
Monitoring antibiotic prescribing and resistance patterns.
PDSA Cycles
No PDSA Cycles have been created.