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From: Appropriateness of antibiotic prescribing after transition from an open to a closed intensive care unit

 

Period 1 (n = 81)

Period 2 (n = 37)

P value

% Appropriate decisions

90.10%

87.00%

ns

% Inappropriate decisions not to change antibiotic therapy

9.90%

13.00%

ns

% Antibiotics changed appropriately

30.90%

29.60%

ns

% Appropriate non-change

59.20%

57.40%

ns

Reporting delay prior to appropriate antibiotic change

2.1 days

2.3 days

ns

Reporting delay prior to appropriate non-change of antibiotics

3.66 days

3.9 days

ns

Reporting delay prior to inappropriate non-change of antibiotics

3.63 days

3.2 days

ns

  1. ns, non-significant result.