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Conversion Of A Single-Facility Pediatric Antimicrobial Stewardship Program To Multi-Facility Application With Computerized Provider Order Entry And Clinical Decision Support, E. Webber, H. Warhurst, S. Smith, E. Cox, A. Crumby, Kristen Nichols

Kristen R. Nichols

Objective: Antimicrobial stewardship programs (ASPs) help meet quality and safety goals with regard to antimicrobial use. Prior to CPOE implementation, the ASP at our pediatric tertiary hospital developed a paper-based order set containing recommendations for optimization of dosing. In adapting our ASP for CPOE, we aimed to preserve consistency in our ASP recommendations and expand ASP expertise to other hospitals in our health system.

Methods: Nine hospitals in our health system adopted pediatric CPOE and share a common domain (Cerner Millenium™). ASP clinicians developed sixty individual electronic order sets (vendor reference PowerPlans™) to be used independently or as …