Diagnostic Stewardship of Endotracheal Aspirate Cultures in Hospitalized Children With Artificial Airways: Expert Consensus Statements From the BrighT STAR (Testing STewardship for Antibiotic Reduction) Respiratory Collaborative
The BrighT STAR collaborative group achieved consensus for 45 clinical practice statements that can standardize EAC practices, including indications to consider for testing, reasons to defer, optimal specimen collection, and result interpretation. These statements offer a starting point for clinical decision support tools and diagnostic stewardship programs for EAC practices in patients with artificial airways.
Authors
- Danielle W. Koontz (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0380-8318)
- Aaron Michael Milstone (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8498-8682)
- Anna Sick-Samuels (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9247-9340)
- Charlotte Woods-Hill (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4886-0547)
- Jill A. Marsteller (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8458-954X)
- Daniel P. Kelly (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4809-5139)
- U. Kumar
- A. Arthur
Institutions
- Boston Children's Hospital (US)
- Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (US)
- Harvard University (US)
- Johns Hopkins University (US)
- Johns Hopkins Hospital (US)
- University of Pennsylvania (US)
- National Patient Safety Foundation (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Pediatric Critical Care Medicine
- Published
- 2025-02-12
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1097/pcc.0000000000003695
- Citations
- 4
- Primary Topic
- Nosocomial Infections in ICU
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 6.18
Funders
- University of Pennsylvania