Sustained Reduction in Urgent Care Antibiotic Prescribing During the Coronavirus Disease 2019 Pandemic: An Academic Medical Center’s Experience

Abstract We compared antibiotic prescribing before and during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic at 2 academic urgent care clinics and found a sustained decrease in prescribing driven by respiratory encounters and despite transitioning to telemedicine. Antibiotics were rarely prescrib...

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Published in:	Open forum infectious diseases Vol. 9; no. 2; p. ofab662
Main Authors:	Ha, David, Ong’uti, Sharon, Chang, Amy, Mui, Emily, Nelligan, Ian, Betts, Brooke, Lentz, Christopher, Alegria, William, Fox, Emily, Meng, Lina, Stenehjem, Edward, Hersh, Adam L, Deresinski, Stanley, Artandi, Maja, Holubar, Marisa
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	US Oxford University Press 01-02-2022
Subjects:	Brief Report COVID-19 antibiotic prescribing urgent care
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Summary:	Abstract We compared antibiotic prescribing before and during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic at 2 academic urgent care clinics and found a sustained decrease in prescribing driven by respiratory encounters and despite transitioning to telemedicine. Antibiotics were rarely prescribed during encounters for COVID-19 or COVID-19 symptoms. COVID-19 revealed opportunities for outpatient stewardship programs.
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ISSN:	2328-8957 2328-8957
DOI:	10.1093/ofid/ofab662