ID
M202611051443
Pathway
Clinical Care
Description
The goal is to improve antimicrobial stewardship for complicated UTIs by reducing the average time to de-escalation from 2.5 days to 2 days and to measure change to most effective antibiotic and oral de escalation sooner, while increasing appropriate de-escalation rates from 60% to 80% through provider education and dissemination of the latest IDSA UTI guidelines.
Goals
1. Understand the IDSA 2025 Guideline Update on Complicated Urinary Tract Infections
https://www.idsociety.org/practice-guideline/complicated-urinary-tract-infections/
2. Learn to implement the guidelines in the QI project
3. Learn importance of targeted therapy and early deescalation of intravenous antibiotics to oral therapy
https://www.idsociety.org/practice-guideline/complicated-urinary-tract-infections/
2. Learn to implement the guidelines in the QI project
3. Learn importance of targeted therapy and early deescalation of intravenous antibiotics to oral therapy
Mentor
Fozia Qamar, MD
Mentor E-mail
Fozia.Qamar2@umassmemorial.org
Department
Infectious Disease (Milford Regional Medical Center)
Prior Students
Pharmacy students
Availability
Yes
Number Spots
2