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The study aims to evaluate the impact of critical care pharmacists on antimicrobial therapy optimization in the ICU.

The ICU pharmacist’s contribution to antimicrobial optimization through routine pharmacist interventions

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Prospective observational study assesses pharmacist interventions to optimize antimicrobials in ICU, suggesting integration benefits.

The study aims to evaluate the impact of critical care pharmacists on antimicrobial therapy optimization in the ICU.
Conducted a five-month prospective observational study in an 18-bed medical-surgical ICU in Spain.
Included all admitted patients and recorded pharmaceutical interventions related to antimicrobial prescriptions.
Classified interventions into proactive and reactive types, and performed descriptive analysis.
Recorded a total of 331 pharmaceutical interventions (PIs), with 150 (45.31%) related to antimicrobial therapy.
Mean of 1.50 antimicrobial-related PIs per working day, with 115 (76.67%) being proactive.
Most common intervention was dose adjustment for overdosing (47.33%), followed by underdosing (18.00%) and therapeutic drug monitoring (10.67%).

Sánchez-Ocaña et al. (2026) studied this question.

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