ElectronicHealthcare

ElectronicHealthcare 10(2) September 2011 : e30-e37

Utility of an Electronic Clinical Surveillance System to Facilitate Tracking of Multidrug-Resistant Organisms (MDRO) and Antimicrobial Stewardship in a VA Medical Centre

Kelly Echevarria, Greg Smith, Carrie Tierney, Jan Patterson and Jose Cadena-Zuluaga

Abstract

Prevention and management of multidrug-resistant organisms (MDROs) is an important goal of healthcare but often difficult to achieve with available hospital information systems. Clinical surveillance systems (CSSs) can help identify patients with or at risk for MDROs and target populations for antimicrobial stewardship. We report our experience with the implementation of a CSS at a Veterans Administration medical centre to improve efficiency of our infection control program and to develop and implement antimicrobial stewardship. This has resulted in improved patient outcomes, reductions in adverse drug events and antimicrobial costs and enhanced surveillance and tracking of MDROs.

 

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