Educational intervention to reduce treatment of asymptomatic bacteriuria in long-term care

C Lee, C Phillips, JR Vanstone - BMJ open quality, 2018 - bmjopenquality.bmj.com
Objective To determine if an educational intervention can decrease the inappropriate
antibiotic treatment of long-term care (LTC) residents with asymptomatic bacteriuria (ASB) …

Development and implementation of a clinician report to reduce unnecessary urine drug screen testing in the ED: a quality improvement initiative

JR Vanstone, S Patel, ML Degelman… - Emergency Medicine …, 2022 - emj.bmj.com
Background Unnecessary testing is a problem-facing healthcare systems around the world
striving to achieve sustainable care. Despite knowing this problem exists, clinicians continue …

Using audit and feedback to encourage primary healthcare prescribers to record indications for antimicrobial prescriptions: a quality improvement initiative

JR Vanstone, S Patel, W Berry… - BMJ Open …, 2022 - bmjopenquality.bmj.com
In many countries, most antimicrobial use for human consumption occurs in primary
healthcare (PHC), 1–4 making this sector an important focus for antimicrobial stewardship …

[HTML][HTML] Identifying Barriers and Enablers to Vaccine uptake from Immunizers and Individuals Receiving a COVID-19 Vaccine in Saskatchewan

JR Vanstone, AR Azizian, W Berry… - The Open Public …, 2022 - openpublichealthjournal.com
Background: Vaccine hesitancy presents a challenge to public health, especially during a
global pandemic. Understanding reasons for vaccine hesitancy in local populations may …

AMS in the ICU: empiric therapy and adherence to guidelines for pneumonia

S Pflanzner, C Phillips, J Mailman… - BMJ Open …, 2019 - bmjopenquality.bmj.com
Methods This retrospective chart review included patients discharged or expired from three
mixed medical/surgical ICUs in Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada between October 2016 and …

Development and Validity Testing of a Matrix to Evaluate Maturity of Clinical Pathways: A Case Study in Saskatchewan, Canada

CL Larson, JR Vanstone, TR Mise, SM Tupper, G Groot… - 2023 - researchsquare.com
Background Healthcare systems are transforming into learning health systems that use data-
driven and research-informed approaches to achieve continuous improvement. One of these …