Clinical Impact and Provider Acceptability of Real-Time Antimicrobial Stewardship Decision Support for Rapid Diagnostics in Children With Positive Blood Culture Results

摘要

Real-time antimicrobial stewardship decision support for rapid blood culture diagnostics is associated with improved times to optimal and effective antimicrobial therapies and decreased unnecessary antimicrobial use in children. The unsolicited intervention incorporated with result reporting was well accepted and resulted in high provider satisfaction.