# Optimizing oral antibiotic prescribing at hospital discharge: a single center, quasi-experiment pilot study **Authors:** Ahmad Aloufi, Calvin Ka-Fung Lo, Colin Lee, Adrianna Gunton, Victor Leung PMC · DOI: 10.1017/ash.2025.10061 · Antimicrobial Stewardship & Healthcare Epidemiology : ASHE · 2025-06-30 ## TL;DR A pilot study found that real-time feedback improved the appropriateness of antibiotic prescriptions at hospital discharge. ## Contribution The study introduces real-time audit/feedback as a novel method to improve antibiotic prescribing at discharge. ## Key findings - Appropriateness of antibiotic prescriptions improved from 50% to 83%. - Median antibiotic duration decreased after the intervention. ## Abstract Our quasi-experimental pilot study between July to September 2024 showed that real-time audit/feedback for antibiotic discharge prescriptions improved appropriateness from 50% to 83%, while decreasing median antibiotic duration compared to preintervention period. Hospital discharges are an important transition point for antimicrobial stewardship interventions at discharge. ## Full-text entities - **Diseases:** AMS (MESH:C535557), CAP (MESH:D003147), UTI (MESH:D014552), cystitis (MESH:D003556), bacteremia (MESH:D016470), SSTI (MESH:D018461), Associated pneumonia (MESH:D011014), respiratory infections (MESH:D012141), pyelonephritis (MESH:D011704), CTU (MESH:D000075902), infection (MESH:D007239), Infectious Diseases (MESH:D003141), ID (MESH:C537985), bacteriuria (MESH:D001437), Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (MESH:D029424), Skin and (MESH:D012871) - **Chemicals:** cefuroxime (MESH:D002444), amoxicillin-clavulanate (MESH:D019980), cephalexin (MESH:D002506), PO (MESH:D011059) - **Species:** Homo sapiens (human, species) [taxon 9606] ## Full text _Full body text omitted from this summary view._ Fetch the complete paper as Markdown: https://tomesphere.com/paper/PMC12224137/full.md ## Figures 2 figures with captions in the complete paper: https://tomesphere.com/paper/PMC12224137/full.md ## References 10 references — full list in the complete paper: https://tomesphere.com/paper/PMC12224137/full.md --- Source: https://tomesphere.com/paper/PMC12224137