Clinical decision support improves blood culture collection before intravenous antibiotic administration in the emergency department.
Surviving Sepsis guidelines recommend blood cultures before administration of intravenous (IV) antibiotics for patients with sepsis or moderate to high risk of bacteremia. Clinical decision support (CDS) that reminds emergency department (ED) providers to obtain blood cultures when ordering IV antibiotics may lead to improvements in this process measure.
Author(s): Dutta, Sayon, McEvoy, Dustin S, Rubins, David M, Dighe, Anand S, Filbin, Michael R, Rhee, Chanu
DOI: 10.1093/jamia/ocac115