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. 2024 Oct 11;24:301. doi: 10.1186/s12911-024-02707-9

Table 2.

Co-primary outcomes, secondary outcomes and process measures

Outcome Data extracted successfully
Co-primary outcomes
 Antibiotic defined daily dose per admission
 30-day mortality
Secondary outcomes
 Length of hospital stay
 Days of therapy
 Days of IV therapy
 Diagnostics
 Number antibiotics prescribed
 Number antibiotic courses
 Repeat courses for same indication
 Number courses for same indication
 Switch of frequency
 Switch of dose
 IV to oral switch
 Oral to IV switch
 Switch to alternative antibiotic
 Switch to broad spectrum
 Discontinuation of therapy
 Courses concordant with local guidelines for antibiotic choice
 Courses concordant with local guidelines for antibiotic duration
 Resistance rates
 Susceptibility
 Acquisition of multi-drug resistant organism
 Healthcare-associated infection
 Episodes of Clostriodes difficile
 Episodes of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus
 Episodes of gram-negative Bacilli
Process measures
 Clinical decision support – workaround
 Clinical decision support – alert frequency
 Clinical decision support – alert override
 Clinical decision support – use of CDS order set
 Time to administration
 Time to active therapy (first dose)
 Time spent prescribing
 Documentation of indication
 Documentation of duration
 Documentation of stop
 Documentation of review
 Documentation of decision-making
 Switch from Reserve to Watch group antibiotic
 Switch from Watch to Reserve group antibiotic
 Adherence to clinical guidelines
 Adherence to documented sensitivity
 Appropriate dose for indication

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