Impact of rapid diagnostics with antimicrobial stewardship support for children with positive blood cultures: A quasi-experimental study with time trend analysis
24 June 2020
The implementation of BC-GP testing coupled with antimicrobial stewardship result notification was associated with decreased time to optimal therapy and time to stopping vancomycin for hospitalized children with gram-positive blood culture isolates.
Further reading: Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology
Author(s): Alison C. Tribble, Jeffrey S. Gerber, Warren B. Bilker and Ebbing Lautenbach
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