Repurposing Antimicrobial Stewardship Tools in the Electronic Medical Record for the Management of COVID-19 Patients

Overview

Journal Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol

Publisher Cambridge University Press

Specialties Health Services
Infectious Diseases
Nursing
Public Health

Date 2020 Jun 9

PMID 32507113

Citations 11

Authors

Matthew W Davis

Dayna McManus

Alan Koff

Gregory R Jaszczur

Maricar Malinis

Charles Dela Cruz

Clemente J Britto

Christina Price

Veronica Azmy

Kelsey Kaman

David Gaston

Kevin Early

Michelle DeWitt

Ju-Sung Song

Claudia Ortiz

Manisha Juthani-Mehta

Jeffrey E Topal

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Abstract

During the COVID-19 pandemic, the antimicrobial stewardship module in our electronic medical record was reconfigured for the management of COVID-19 patients. This change allowed our subspecialist providers to review charts quickly to optimize potential therapy and management during the patient surge.

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