Antibiotic Stewardship Program May Reduce Unnecessary Prescribing, Study Finds

Infectious Disease Advisor (1/23) reports, “A multifaceted outpatient antibiotic stewardship program may significantly reduce the frequency of unnecessary antibiotic prescribing among adults and children with Tier 3 upper respiratory tract infections, according to study findings published in Open Forum Infectious Diseases.” In the study, “between the pre- and postintervention period, the rate of antibiotics prescribed for Tier 3 respiratory encounters significantly decreased (from 21.7% to 11.2%; P <.001).”