Involvement of pharmacist-reviewed urine cultures and sexually transmitted infections in the emergency department reduces time to antimicrobial optimization.

CONCLUSION: Pharmacist-initiated culture review in the ED at an academic medical center reduced time from final culture to patient contact for optimal antibiotic therapy and decreased hospital admission and treatment failure rates. A change in the culture review workflow involving pharmacists appears to have a positive impact on clinical outcomes. PMID: 32426834 [PubMed - in process]
Source: American Journal of Health-System Pharmacy : AJHP - Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Authors: Tags: Am J Health Syst Pharm Source Type: research