Leveraging an Antimicrobial Stewardship Collaborative and Urgent Care Center Medication-dispensing Kiosks to Support Shorter Antibiotic Durations: a Multisite, Retrospective Evaluation
Timothy P Gauthier, Ethan A Lobo, Corey M Frederick, Harrison Phan, Lauren C Russell, Michael DeCoske, Richard Levine, Yenny Ceballos, Ernesto Sanz-Martinez · 2026
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Timothy Gauthier and co-authors weigh a bid to cut long courses of antibiotics at urgent care sites in a 2026 study. Shops that hand out drugs from a kiosk have spread, and long courses feed drug-proof germs.
Twenty sites took part. Kiosks stocked with antibiotics went in late in 2019, and a shared steward team formed at much the same time. The team trimmed kiosk stocks, taught staff, and won buy-in. Script counts rose between the test spans, yet days of drugs per script fell. Use of the kiosks more than doubled its share of scripts. The team counts tens of thousands of drug days dodged. The authors say the blend of kiosks and shared steward work can nudge scrips toward safer, shorter courses.
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| CREATOR | Timothy P Gauthier, Ethan A Lobo, Corey M Frederick, Harrison Phan, Lauren C Russell, Michael DeCoske, Richard Levine, Yenny Ceballos, Ernesto Sanz-Martinez |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 28 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |