Table 2 Pharmacist interventions by intervention type and physician acceptance rate.
Pharmacist interventions (n = 847) | n (%) | Acceptance (%) |
|---|---|---|
Discontinuation due to excessive duration | 198 (23.4) | 172 (86.9) |
Therapy de-escalation | 130 (15.3) | 105 (80.8) |
Dose adjustment or interval modification | 128 (15.1) | 128 (100) |
Deleting an antibiotic of the complete treatment due to use of redundant antimicrobial therapy | 103 (12.2) | 97 (94.2) |
Switching from intravenous to oral administration | 93 (11.0) | 75 (80.6) |
Changing the empirical therapy because of inappropriateness | 85 (10.0) | 72 (84.7) |
Therapeutic escalation | 58 (6.9) | 55 (94.8) |
Discontinuation due to a lack of indication to proceed | 44 (5.2) | 37 (84.1) |
Others | 8 (0.9) | 7 (87.5) |
