Impact and barriers of a pharmacist-led practice with computerized reminders on intravenous to oral antibiotic conversion for community-acquired pneumonia inpatients.

Journal of Clinical Pharmacy and Therapeutics
Shanshan XuChao Zhang

Abstract

Intravenous to oral (IV-PO) antibiotic conversion, one of the critical elements in antimicrobial stewardship (AMS), is not well implemented in China. Studies on the strategy to apply the IV-PO conversion are needed. Our objective was to evaluate the impact and its barriers of a pharmacist-led practice with computerized reminders on IV-PO antibiotic conversion for community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) inpatients. This was a retrospective, observational pre- and post-intervention study. Interventions were introduced in 2 sequential 12-month phases: Phase 1: pharmacists implemented the conventional practice of reviewing patient charts and medication records every 24 h and verbally informed the prescribers on eligible IV-PO conversions; Phase 2: pharmacists implemented a new intervention practice to inform the prescribers with a computerized reminder in electronic medical record system on eligible IV-PO conversions. The primary outcome was the proportion of patients who converted to oral therapy on the day patients were eligible for the conversion. The secondary outcomes were length of IV antibiotic therapy days, total length of antibiotic therapy days and length of hospital stay. A total of 524 patients were studied (256 in phase 1 a...Continue Reading

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