eStar update: Indications for antimicrobial orders

Beginning May 13, indications are now required for all antimicrobial orders. The change will help improve patient safety and meet recommendations by regulatory agencies (e.g. CDC, CMS, The Joint Commission, etc.). It will impact all inpatient users who order antimicrobials.

Indications will now be a “hard stop” for all inpatient antimicrobial orders. Please note that, to reduce burdens on clinicians, antibiotic orders included in frequently used surgical order sets are pre-populated with a “prophylaxis” indication.

See Tip Sheet “Documenting Indication for Antimicrobials” (available in Hubbl) for more information.