Meeting
Abstract Number: 229
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Background: Identification of pathogens causing community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) in hospitalized patients has improved with the utilization of nasopharyngeal (NP) polymerase chain reaction (PCR). Literature shows that 20-25% of pathogens are identified when using urine antigens, sputum and blood cultures, and can improve up to 70% when adding NP PCR for viruses, Staphylococcus aureus and Streptococcus […]
Abstract Number: 296
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Background: In 2011, ~3.3 million adult 30-day US hospital readmissions generated $41.3 billion in hospital costs. $8.26 billion (20%) of this was considered preventable. Numerous studies demonstrate relationships between hospital readmissions and social determinants of health (SDoH). Lack of education, socioeconomic status, and lack of social support have all been cited as core contributors to […]
Abstract Number: 468
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Background: On January 1st, 2017, the Joint Commission antibiotic stewardship accreditation standard came into effect, requiring hospital wide antibiotic stewardship programs. In West Virginia, per the CDC, in 2014, less than 28% had a stewardship program that met all 7 of the CDC core elements. In a May 2017 article of Clinical Infectious Diseases, authors […]