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How Do You Compare?
An Antimicrobial Stewardship Self‑Assessment
Manual
With VigiLanz
1. Get notified of positive cultures?
Manual
Staff periodically check the LIS or EHR, wait on a lab callback, or review a printed list of positive cultures from the prior day.
With VigiLanz
Near real-time alerts flag positive cultures automatically as results post to the EHR, with configuration/
2. Get notified of organism-drug mismatches?
Manual
Relies on catching the mismatch during chart review or positive culture review.
With VigiLanz
Automated drug-bug mismatch alerts fire as soon as culture and susceptibility data are available.
3. Get notified of de-escalation opportunities?
Manual
Depends on daily manual chart review and individual follow-up, or on positive culture review.
With VigiLanz
Alerts surface de-escalation opportunity based on the culture results.
4. Perform ED culture call backs?
Manual
Long list of positive cultures collected in the ED — patients could be inpatient or already home — then manual review to see who should be called.
With VigiLanz
Curated list of patients discharged home and not sent on an antibiotic, or where resistance was identified to the drug sent home.
5. Get notified of and document antibiotic time-outs?
Manual
Tracked manually via spreadsheets, memory, informal reminders, or chart review.
With VigiLanz
Automated 48-hour time-out alerts with built-in documentation — used to drive over 90% compliance in one NICU stewardship program.
If any of these rely on manual chart review, your stewardship program may be missing time-sensitive opportunities.
Schedule a demo to see how VigiLanz Pharmacy Surveillance can strengthen your stewardship program.
