| Literature DB >> 32454075 |
S Vergnano1, A Bamford2, S Bandi3, F Chappel4, A Demirjian4, K Doerholt5, M Emonts6, L Ferreras-Antolin5, A Goenka7, L Jones8, J A Herberg9, L Hinds10, O McGarrity2, P Moriarty11, S O'Riordan12, M Patel13, S Paulus14, D Porter15, K Stock16, S Patel17.
Abstract
A survey was conducted in UK regional children's hospitals with paediatric intensive care and paediatric infectious disease (PID) departments to describe the characteristics of paediatric antimicrobial stewardship (PAS) programmes. A structured questionnaire was sent to PAS coordinators. 'Audit and feedback' was implemented in 13 out of 17 centres. Microbiology-led services were more likely to implement antimicrobial restriction (75% vs 33% in PID-led services), to focus on broad-spectrum antibiotics, and to review patients with positive blood cultures. PID-led services were more likely to identify patients from e-prescribing or drug charts and review all antimicrobials. A PAS network has been established. CrownEntities:
Keywords: Antimicrobial stewardship; Children; Paediatrics; Programme implementation
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Year: 2020 PMID： 32454075 DOI： 10.1016/j.jhin.2020.05.030
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Hosp Infect ISSN： 0195-6701 Impact factor: 3.926