Antimicrobial De-escalation Strategy in Medical Patients

NAUnknownINTERVENTIONAL
Enrollment

100

Participants

Timeline

Start Date

February 28, 2010

Primary Completion Date

May 31, 2010

Study Completion Date

June 30, 2010

Conditions
Infections
Interventions
OTHER

Antimicrobial de-escalation strategy

The antimicrobial de-escalation team will record recommendations for de-escalation in the patient's progress notes for the attending physicians to review and act upon as appropriate. The attending physician will be responsible for making changes to antimicrobial therapy and following up on patient progress as per the usual practice.

Sponsors

Lead Sponsor

All Listed Sponsors
collaborator

Vancouver Foundation

OTHER

lead

Fraser Health

OTHER