Implementation of the CAP guidelines was found to improve the quality of care by increasing the proportion of patients receiving an appropriate antibiotic and decreasing the time between the ordering and administration of these antibiotics in a rural community hospital. These improvements contributed to the one-day decreased LOS, which consequently resulted in the reduction in [...]
Baseline Evaluation A total of 259 patients were included in the study, 134 patients in the pre-intervention group and 125 patients in the post-intervention group. The sex and age distributions of patients identified in the two groups are shown in Table 2.
The process of developing the CAP guidelines began in 1999 at LRGH. The Infection Control and Epidemiology Committee had established a Respiratory Continuous Quality Improvement (CQI) subcommittee to address the rising rates of hospital-acquired (nosocomial) pneumonia. This multidisciplinary group reviewed all cases of nosocomial pneumonia and recommended improvements that resulted in a reduction of these [...]
INTRODUCTION Community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) is the sixth leading cause of death in the U.S. It affects approximately 5.6 million patients in the U.S. annually, and nearly two million patients require hospitalization for it. The financial impact of CAP is significant, and the cost of treatment is estimated to be nearly $10 billion; the primary cost-driver [...]
