Pediatric infectious disease pre-authorizations for all antibiotics reduced C. diff infections

"There's also an opportunity for education. That's often times hard to measure in dollar costs, but when you have the opportunity to discuss with a physician or provider about their reasons or their rationale for prescribing antibiotics, you not only have an opportunity to make an impact for that particular child, but then that clinician takes that knowledge and applies it to other patients," Andi Shane, MD, MPH, of Emory University, who moderated the presentation, said. http://www.medpagetoday.com/MeetingCoverage/IDWeek/54052?xid=nl_mpt_DHE_2015-10-13&eun=g721819d0r