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Evaluating The Impact Of Verigene® Organism Identification On Antimicrobial Stewardship Recommendations, Rebecca Gerske

Undergraduate Honors Thesis Collection

Verigene® is one of many commercially available rapid diagnostic tests (RDT) for organism identification in blood culture. Community Health Network (CHNw) utilizes this system to identify blood cultures and guide antimicrobial therapy. As antibiotic resistance becomes more and more prevalent, limiting exposure to broad-spectrum antibiotic therapy is of paramount importance. RDT provides more timely information to providers, which if utilized appropriately, can result in the patient receiving appropriate antibiotic therapy in a shorter time and further limits unnecessary antibiotic exposure. This study was a three-part, retrospective chart review to determine the microbiological accuracy of Verigene® within CHNw and evaluate the …