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Supreet Kaur , Mary Hutton , Rachel M. Kenney , Allison Weinmann , Linoj Samuel , Robert Tibbetts , Susan L. Davis , Corey Medler ·

YOU? · · 2022 · Open Access · · DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/ash.2022.5 · OA: W4210248442

Resource-intensive interventions and education are susceptible to a lack of long-term sustainability and regression to the mean. The respiratory culture nudge changed reporting to “Commensal Respiratory Flora only: No S. aureus /MRSA or P. aeruginosa. ” This study demonstrated sustained reduction in broad-spectrum antibiotic duration and long-term sustainability 3 years after implementation.