Improving antimicrobial use at discharge by building on hospital stewardship
Official title: Leveraging inpatient antimicrobial stewardship infrastructure to improve antimicrobial-prescribing at hospital discharge
Funded at Iowa City VA Medical Center · NIH-11373815 · Data updated 2026-11-12
This grant explores how to reduce unnecessary antibiotic prescriptions after hospital discharge to help prevent infections and side effects.
Quick facts
| Grant type | NIH-funded research |
|---|---|
| Study type | NIH-funded research |
| Funding institution | Iowa City VA Medical Center NIH-funded |
| Lab location | 1 site (Iowa City, United States) |
| Project start | July 1, 2022 |
| Project end | March 31, 2027 |
| Funding year | 2026 |
| NIH project number | 5I01HX003325-05 |
| Project ID | NIH-11373815 on NIH RePORTER |
Who could benefit from this research
✓Could help
Patients discharged from Veterans Health Administration hospitals who received antibiotics during their stay or at discharge.
✕Less likely to help
Patients not using antibiotics or those not transitioning care from hospital to home may see little direct benefit.
What this research studies
Hospitals have programs to curb unnecessary antibiotic use during stay, but most post-discharge prescriptions aren’t tracked. The project will study why post-discharge antibiotic use varies across patients and hospitals and how to measure it. By understanding these patterns, researchers can design better stewardship tools that specifically target discharge prescribing. The goal is to cut down harmful post-discharge antibiotics and improve patient safety without compromising care.
Why it matters
Potential benefit: If successful, patients could receive safer, more appropriate antibiotics when they leave the hospital, lowering infection risks and adverse events.
How similar studies have gone: Previous work shows that targeting inpatient antibiotic use reduces harms; this study aims to extend that to the discharge period, which is less studied.
Where this research is happening
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Iowa City VA Medical Center
Iowa City, United States Active
Researchers
- Principal investigator: Livorsi, Daniel — Iowa City VA Medical Center
- Study coordinator: Livorsi, Daniel
About this research
- This is an active NIH-funded research project — typically early-stage science, not a clinical trial accepting patient enrollment.
- Some NIH-funded labs run parallel clinical studies or seek volunteers for related work. To check, contact the principal investigator or institution listed above.
- For full project details, budget, and progress reports, visit the official NIH RePORTER page.