POC Decision · Tool 01
Empirical Antibiotic Therapy
First-hour bedside decision support for suspected serious infection in the ED or ICU. The interactive standalone version is being enabled for this site.
1 · Source
Respiratory, abdominal, urinary, skin/soft tissue, bone/joint, CNS, or bloodstream/unknown.
2 · Resistance risk
ESBL, Pseudomonas/healthcare exposure, or carbapenem resistance.
3 · Empiric regimen
Choose the first-hour backbone, then reassess when microbiology returns.
Clinical decision support: Use with the local antibiogram, prior microbiology, allergies, organ function, source control, institutional protocols, and independent clinician judgment.