Discharge antibiotic prescribing at children’s hospitals with established antimicrobial stewardship programs
At 4 children's hospitals with established ASPs, 80% of discharge antibiotic courses for CAP, UTI, and SSTI were suboptimal either by choice of antibiotic or DOT. Discharge antibiotic prescribing represents an opportunity to improve antibiotic use in children.
Authors
- Brendan Bettinger
- G Rebecca (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0337-1168)
- Jared Olson (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3281-9614)
- Matthew P. Kronman (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1856-6841)
- Jason G. Newland (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9979-7993)
- Jeffrey S. Gerber (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3076-3186)
- Adam L. Hersh (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0148-046X)
- Giyoung Lee (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9161-6246)
- Meg Grimshaw
Institutions
- Seattle Children's Hospital (US)
- Nationwide Children's Hospital (US)
- Primary Children's Hospital (US)
- Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (US)
- University of Washington (US)
- University of Utah (US)
- Spencer Foundation (US)
- Drexel University (US)
- University of Pennsylvania (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology
- Published
- 2025-04-08
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1017/ice.2025.59
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Pneumonia and Respiratory Infections
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 1.35