Antibiotic Stewardship Program Reduced Overuse Of Extended-Spectrum Antibiotics For Patients Hospitalized With UTI, Study Finds

Renal & Urology News (4/25, Persaud) reports, “An antibiotic stewardship program involving individualized risk assessment and electronic health record prompts led to successful de-escalation of extended-spectrum antibiotics in favor of standard-spectrum antibiotics for patients hospitalized with urinary tract infection (UTI) deemed at less than 10% risk (‘low-risk’) for multidrug-resistant organisms.” In the study, “the intervention group experienced a significant 17.4% reduction in the number of days on empiric extended-spectrum antibiotics compared with the routine stewardship group...reported” researchers in JAMA.