Clinical Trial: Swab Testing to Optimize Pneumonia Treatment with Empiric Vancomycin
Study Status: COMPLETED
Recruit Status: COMPLETED
Condition: Community-acquired Pneumonia
Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
Official Title: Swab Testing to Optimize Pneumonia Treatment with Empiric Vancomycin (STOP-Vanc)
Brief Summary:
This is a single center, pragmatic, randomized clinical trial (pRCT) examining whether reporting the results of a negative rapid PCR back to the provider via a pager alert results in decreased vancomycin utilization for critically ill adults with community-acquired pneumonia when compared with usual care.
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