Early Reassessment of Intravenous Antiinfective Therapy Due to "Antiinfective Reminders" (AIR Study)

Early Reassessment of Intravenous Antiinfective Therapy Due to "Antiinfective Reminders" (AIR Study)

Switching from intravenous application of antiinfective agents to oral therapy is often performed late including high costs and risk of complications. This study will investigate the impact of displayed reminders in the electronic patient chart after 60h of intravenous therapy with an antiinfective agent.

Switching from intravenous application of antiinfective agents to oral therapy is often performed late including high costs, risk of complications as well as higher workload on nursing. This study will investigate the impact of displayed reminders in the electronic patient chart after 60h of intravenous therapy with an antiinfective agent.

Inclusion criteria:

• all in-patients in treatment with an intravenous antiinfective for >60h,
• hospitalized in a ward with computerized physician order entry (cpoe)

Exclusion criteria:

• outpatients,
• ward without cpoe,
• no intravenous antiinfective treatment