• Emergencias · Feb 2015

    [Difficulties with the prescription and administration of antibiotics in routine hospital emergency department care: a survey study].

    • Ester Monclús Cols, David Nicolás Ocejo, Miquel Sánchez Sánchez, and Mar Ortega Romero.
    • Servicio de Medicina Interna, Hospital Clínic, Barcelona, España.
    • Emergencias. 2015 Feb 1; 27 (1): 50-54.

    ObjectivesTo detect the problems hospital emergency room staff have when prescribing and administering antibiotics.Material And MethodsA 14-item questionnaire was designed to assess staff members' knowledge of the importance of starting antibiotic treatment promptly, assigning appropriate dosing intervals, adjusting for renal function, and switching to oral therapy. Agreement with each item was expressed on a 5-point Likert scale. Items with a rate of appropriate response of less than 75% were targeted for specific attention.ResultsTwo hundred questionnaires were distributed to the staff and 150 were returned completed (response rate, 75%). The following items were targeted for attention based on rates of appropriate response of less than 75%: clear medical orders (65%), understanding the implication of early empirical antibiotic therapy on prognosis in serious infections (67%), estimation of the prevalence of renal insufficiency (42%), assumption that a creatinine serum level under < 1.6 mg/dL is safe (33%), use of glomerular filtration rate to adjust dose according to renal function (47%), and an understanding of switching from intravenous to oral treatment (60%).ConclusionThis study revealed the difficulties medical and nursing staff have in prescribing and administering antibiotics in a hospital emergency department. The results can facilitate improvements in antibiotic therapy by pinpointing areas to target for specific training interventions or the design of electronic prescribing aids.

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