That's a great question. I think though the definition is looking for IV antibiotics.
Mary Draper RN BSN Coordinator Quality Improvement Peer Review Support CV/CT JMH Quality Management Office (925) 674-2045 Cell (925) 451-8792 Fax (925) 674-2373 [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> [cid:[email protected]] "O, let us always have a mountain within our soul, with a peak so high that we never quite reach the top... For then we will always strive for greater things and will not be content with merely climbing hills." Ardath Rodale From: Sepsisgroups [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Duane, Molly Sent: Thursday, August 02, 2018 12:23 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [External] [Sepsis Groups] Question for sepsis groups ________________________________ Caution: This email originated outside JMH. Do not open attachments or click on links if you do not recognize the sender. ________________________________ Good Afternoon, Re: antibiotic choice, if there is a positive C Diff culture, with oral vanco and IV flagyl ordered, do we also have to give broad spectrum IV antibiotics? My understanding was that we could be more specific with the antibiotic if we had a culture result directing the choice. Thank you, Molly Molly Duane RN, BSN, CCRN Sepsis Program Coordinator Detroit Receiving Hospital Harper-Hutzel Hospital Office: 313-745-4340 Cell: 248-709-6218 Email: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> This message (including any attachments) is confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom it is addressed, and is protected by law. If you are not the intended recipient, please delete the message (including any attachments) and notify the originator that you received the message in error. Any disclosure, copying, or distribution of this message, or the taking of any action based on it, is strictly prohibited. Any views expressed in this message are those of the individual sender, except where the sender specifies and with authority, states them to be the views of Tenet Healthcare Corporation.
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