TY - JOUR
T1 - Use of Semiautomatic Treatment Advice to Improve Compliance with Infectious Diseases Society of America Guidelines for Treatment of Intravascular Catheter-Related Infection
T2 - A Before-After Study
AU - Rijnders, Bart J.A.
AU - Vandecasteele, Stefaan J.
AU - Van Wijngaerden, Eric
AU - De Munter, Paul
AU - Peetermans, Willy E.
PY - 2003/10/1
Y1 - 2003/10/1
N2 - In a large university hospital, the rate of noncompliance with the Infectious Diseases Society of America guidelines for treatment of catheter-related bloodstream infection (CRBSI) was 44% during 52 consecutively observed episodes of CRBSI. To decrease noncompliance, the physicians who provided care to the next 46 patients with CRBSI received standardized treatment advice by electronic mail. This simple and not labor-intensive intervention decreased guideline noncompliance from 44% to 15% (P < .01).
AB - In a large university hospital, the rate of noncompliance with the Infectious Diseases Society of America guidelines for treatment of catheter-related bloodstream infection (CRBSI) was 44% during 52 consecutively observed episodes of CRBSI. To decrease noncompliance, the physicians who provided care to the next 46 patients with CRBSI received standardized treatment advice by electronic mail. This simple and not labor-intensive intervention decreased guideline noncompliance from 44% to 15% (P < .01).
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=0142075839&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1086/378067
DO - 10.1086/378067
M3 - Article
C2 - 13130411
AN - SCOPUS:0142075839
SN - 1058-4838
VL - 37
SP - 980
EP - 983
JO - Clinical Infectious Diseases
JF - Clinical Infectious Diseases
IS - 7
ER -
