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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 May 1.
Published in final edited form as: Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2017 Mar 6;38(5):534–541. doi: 10.1017/ice.2017.10

Table 4.

Appropriateness of discharge prescriptions as classified during blinded Infectious Diseases panel review

Pre-intervention period
n=50
Intervention period
n=50
p-value
Discharge antibiotic appropriate 26 (52) 33 (66) 0.15
 Condition warrants antibiotics at discharge 46 (92) 48 (96) 0.68
 Antibiotic selection appropriate 36 (72) 45 (90) 0.02
 Correct dose of antibiotic(s) 42 (84) 46 (92) 0.22
 Duration of therapy appropriate 30 (65) 34 (71) 0.56