Publications by authors named "Ashlee Doll"
Impact of a tracheal aspirate culture diagnostic test stewardship intervention in a tertiary care PICU.
Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol
September 2024
Article Synopsis
- * The intervention involved creating guidelines to reduce unnecessary cultures, resulting in a decline from 4.3 to 2.3 cultures per 100 ventilator days after implementation, alongside a decrease in antibiotic treatments for infections.
- * Overall, the intervention was deemed safe, showing no negative impact on patient outcomes such as mortality or readmissions while successfully lowering the rates of cultures and antibiotic usage.
Objectives: Estimate the inter-rater reliability of critical care nurses performing a pediatric modification of the Glasgow Coma Scale in a contemporary PICU.
Design: Prospective observation study.
Setting: Large academic PICU.