An evaluation of indication-based pre-written orders for antibiotics

An evaluation of indication-based pre-written orders for antibiotics

This project is funded by NHMRC Program Grant APP1054146


Project members - Macquarie University


Professor Johanna Westbrook
Professor and Director


Associate Professor Ling Li
Associate Professor

Project members - external

Associate Professor Melissa Baysari
Associate Professor

Dr Elin Lehnbom, The University of Sydney

Ms Kate Richardson, St Vincent's Hospital

Anmol Sandhu, St Vincent's Hospital

Professor Ric Day, St Vincent's Hospital

Related stream of research

Medication safety and electronic decision support

Project status

Current

Centres related to this project

Centre for Health Systems and Safety Research

Project description and aims

Project main description

There is now little doubt that the inappropriate use of antibiotics (abx) contributes to the emergence of resistance and that improving abx use is necessary for the containment of resistance. Many interventions have been trialled in an attempt to improve abx use (e.g. education, audit and feedback, computerised decision support). In this study, we evaluated the effectiveness of redesigning computerised decision support to improve abx prescribing.

Aims

In this study, we aimed to determine whether the redesign of computerised decision support embedded in a hospital electronic prescribing system results in more accurate selection of antibiotic indications and more compliant and appropriate antibiotic prescribing.

Design and method

An audit of over 1000 antibiotic prescriptions was undertaken, in combination with interviews with prescribers.

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