# Stewarding beyond the 9–5: Implementation of overnight review of rapid blood culture identification panel results by intensive care unit pharmacists

## TL;DR

This study shows that having ICU pharmacists review blood culture results overnight improves how quickly patients get proper antibiotic treatment.

## Contribution

The novel contribution is implementing overnight review of blood culture results by ICU pharmacists to improve antimicrobial stewardship outside regular hours.

## Key findings

- Overnight review reduced time to evaluation from 9.3 to 3.6 hours.
- The change was statistically significant (P < .01).

## Abstract

Rapid blood culture identification is most effective with antimicrobial stewardship feedback, which is limited during non-business hours. We implemented overnight review of Blood Culture Identification 2 panel results by intensive care unit pharmacists and demonstrated reduced time to evaluation (3.6 vs 9.3 hours, P < .01).