Improving Door-to-Antibiotic Administration Time in Patients With Fever and Suspected Chemotherapy-Induced Neutropenia: A Tertiary Care Center Experience

Improving Door-to-Antibiotic Administration Time in Patients With Fever and Suspected Chemotherapy-Induced Neutropenia: A Tertiary Care Center Experience

Background: Chemotherapy-induced febrile neutropenia (FN) is a major cause of morbidity and mortality in cancer patients if not treated promptly. As we were facing considerable delays in the management of chemotherapy-induced febrile neutropenic patients in the Emergency Department (ED), we initiate...

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Main Authors: Reem Al Sudairy, Mohsen Alzahrani, Mohammad Alkaiyat, Mona Alshami, Abdullah Yaqub, Maha Al Fayadh, Khaled Al-Surimi, Abdul Rahman Jazieh
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Innovative Healthcare Institute 2019-08-01
Series:Global Journal on Quality and Safety in Healthcare
Subjects:
induced febrile neutropenia
patient safety
compliance
antibiotic time
triage
emergency
Online Access:https://jqsh.org/doi/pdf/10.4103/JQSH.JQSH_1_19

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https://jqsh.org/doi/pdf/10.4103/JQSH.JQSH_1_19

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