Table 2.

Preintervention and Intervention Rates for Procedures, Cultures, Prescribed Antibiotics, and Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) Covering Antibiotics of Purulent Skin and Soft Tissue Infections (680.x)

	Texas Clinics			North Carolina Clinics			Combined
	Pre n (%)	Interv n (%)	p value^*	Pre n (%)	Interv n (%)	p value^*	Pre n (%)	Interv n (%)	p value^*
Total 680.x cases	118	46		175	102		293	148
Procedures^†	2 (1.69)	2 (4.35)	.3225	28 (16.00)	5 (4.90)	.0060	30 (10.24)	7 (4.73)	.0488
Culture	21 (17.8)	3 (6.52)	.0665	29 (16.57)	18 (17.65)	.8181	50 (17.06)	21 (14.19)	.4378
Antibiotics prescribed	63 (53.39)	32 (69.57)	.0594	44 (25.14)	37 (36.27)	.0495	107 (36.52)	69 (46.62)	.0408
MRSA-covering antibiotics^‡	34 (53.97)	18 (56.25)	.8328	9 (20.45)	14 (37.84)	.0839	43 (40.19)	32 (46.38)	.4175

↵* P values from Pearson χ² tests, Fisher exact test for small cells, and t tests for continuous variables.
↵† Procedures, incision and drainage only.
↵‡ Trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole, doxycycline or minocycline, clindamycin, Linezolid.