3 results match your criteria: "The William S. Middleton VA Medical Center[Affiliation]"
Antibiotic assessment at hospital discharge-Room for stewardship intervention.
Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol
February 2020
The William S. Middleton VA Medical Center, Madison, Wisconsin.
Our stewardship team evaluated 19 months of discharge antibiotic prescriptions to determine prescribing appropriateness and to characterize the interventions made. Intervention occurred in 9.7% of patients, with a 58% acceptance rate.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFImproving fluoroquinolone use in the outpatient setting using a patient safety initiative.
Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol
September 2018
Department of Hospital and Specialty Medicine, Veterans Affairs Portland Health Care System, Portland, Oregon.
Article Synopsis
- The study assessed how a fluoroquinolone safety initiative affected prescription rates in Veterans Affairs outpatient clinics.
- Initially, there was a significant drop in fluoroquinolone prescriptions, but this reduction was not maintained over time.
- The findings suggest that while the initiative can aid in managing antibiotic use, additional methods are needed to ensure lasting impact.
Calcium Pyrophosphate Deposition Disease and Associated Medical Comorbidities: A National Cross-Sectional Study of US Veterans.
Arthritis Care Res (Hoboken)
September 2017
University of Wisconsin and the William S. Middleton VA Medical Center, Madison, Wisconsin.
Objective: Calcium pyrophosphate deposition disease (CPDD) is a common cause of acute and chronic arthritis, yet there are few large epidemiologic studies of CPDD. We sought to characterize CPDD in the national Veterans Affairs (VA) population.
Methods: Using data from the Department of VA Corporate Data Warehouse, patients with International Classification of Diseases, Ninth Revision, codes for CPDD seen at any VA medical center from 2010 through 2014 were matched by age and sex with control patients without CPDD.