Below is my current email:
Thank you for taking the latest assessment from McKesson Lab Solutions to reveal whether your facility meets the characteristics of a high-performing antibiotic stewardship program.
Here are your responses to the assessment:
- Are your pharmacy antibiotic volumes/costs decreasing? ${"Are your pharmacy antibiotic volumes/costs decreasing?"}
- Is your MRSA rate decreasing? ${"Is your MRSA rate decreasing?"}
- Is your C.diff rate decreasing, and is it less than the national average of ~7.5 cases per 10,000 patient stays? ${"Is your C.diff rate decreasing, and is it less than the national average of ~7.5 cases per 10,000 patient stays?"}
- Is your facility implementing strategies to reduce the use of broad-spectrum antibiotics? ${"Is your facility implementing strategies to reduce the use of broad-spectrum antibiotics?"}
- Are you avoiding outbreaks of infections and not receiving penalties for readmissions or Hospital acquired infections? ${"Are you avoiding outbreaks of infections and not receiving penalties for readmissions or Hospital acquired infections?"}
- Is your facility free of any CRE infections (carbapenem resistant enterobacteriaciae)? ${"Is your facility free of any CRE infections (carbapenem resistant enterobacteriaciae)?"}
- Are you utilizing rapid molecular technology to emphasize diagnostics and conservative therapeutics? ${"Are you utilizing rapid molecular technology to emphasize diagnostics and conservative therapeutics?"}
- Are you involving your local healthcare community in your antibiotic stewardship initiatives (ex: long term care facilities, clinics, urgent care facilities)? ${"Are you involving your local healthcare community in your antibiotic stewardship initiatives (ex: long term care facilities, clinics, urgent care facilities)?"}
- Are you sharing individual antibiotic use data with your prescribers? ${"Are you sharing individual antibiotic use data with your prescribers?"}
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If you scored between 2-10, you may need some help developing or adjusting your antibiotic stewardship program.
If you scored between 11-18, you are doing well with your antibiotic stewardship program.
Regardless of your score, McKesson offers comprehensive and scalable solutions for antibiotic avoidance programs that help reduce length of stay, hospital-acquired complications and readmissions to improve patient outcomes.
For more information or to setup a complimentary consultation, please email x...@mckesson.com
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