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Conclusions Staphylococcus aureus (SA) bacteremia carries a high mortality rate. Timely and appropriate management of SA bacteremia is critical for better outcome of patients, as well as reducing complication, and length of hospital stay. As part of our Antimicrobial Stewardship Program (ASP) at North Central Bronx Hospital and Jacobi Medical Center and quality improvement project we implemented a mandatory infectious disease consultation for all cases of SA bacteremia staring January of 2014. This study looked and compared data of SA bacteremia’s in 2013 premandatory infectious disease (ID) consultation, and in 2014 post-implementation of mandatory ID consult in regard to practicing standard of care for SA bacteremia that including appropriate antibiotic choice and duration, echocardiogram, follow up blood culture, removal of any focal source, and mortality.