Impact of an interdisciplinary standard operating procedure on external ventricular drainage-associated ventriculitis and antibiotic use in intensive care unit patients: a retrospective pre–post study a retrospective pre-post study
Michaela Danassis·Stefan Angermair·Sonja Hansen·Hans–Jörg Epple·Nils Hecht·Nilufar Akbari·Sascha Treskatsch·Inna Friesen
Abstract Background External ventricular drainage (EVD)-associated ventriculitis is a serious complication in neurocritical care. Diagnostic uncertainty and heterogeneous infection prevention and control (IPC) practices may contribute to variable ventriculitis rates and potentially avoidable antibiotic exposure. We evaluated the impact of implementing an interdisciplinary standard operating procedure (SOP) on ventriculitis incidence and antimicrobial stewardship (ABS)-related outcomes. Methods W