A 13-bed university hospital medical intensive care unit.
Interventions:
Inservice presentations regarding the importance of antibiotic administration time, preprinted antibiotic orders, and a rearrangement of the order processing system were implemented.
Results:
Overall antibiotic turnaround time decreased from a median of 2.2 hours (March–May 1993) to 1.4 hours (March–May 1994) (p = 0.001).
Conclusions:
A multidisciplinary team working together developed a system to significantly improve antibiotic turnaround time.
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