Reducing Time to Antibiotic Administration for Febrile Neutropenia in the Emergency Department

Michael Keng,Elaine Thallner,Paul Elson,Christine Ajon,Jennifer Sekeres,Candice M. Wenzell,David J. Seastone,Erika M. Gallagher,Catherine Weber,Marc Earl,Sudipto Mukherjee,Brad Pohlman,Eric Cober,Virginia B. Foster,Joy Yuhas,Matt Kalaycio,Brian J. Bolwell,Mikkael A. Sekeres

Reducing Time to Antibiotic Administration for Febrile Neutropenia in the Emergency Department

2015

Michael Keng
Elaine Thallner
Paul Elson
Christine Ajon
Jennifer Sekeres
Candice M. Wenzell
David J. Seastone
Erika M. Gallagher
Catherine Weber
Marc Earl
Sudipto Mukherjee
Brad Pohlman
Eric Cober
Virginia B. Foster
Joy Yuhas
Matt Kalaycio
Brian J. Bolwell
Mikkael A. Sekeres

The Emergency Department (ED) Febrile Neutropenia Pathway quality initiative demonstrated value by decreasing time to antibiotic administration in patients with cancer presenting to the ED compared with historical and direct admissions controls.

Keywords:

Cancer
Emergency medicine
Febrile neutropenia
Antibiotics
Intensive care medicine
Emergency department
Medicine
in patient
time to antibiotic

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