Reduction of Vancomycin Use in a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit: A Quality Improvement Project
This quality improvement project allowed a safe, rapid and sustained reduction of NICU-wide vancomycin use. Provider education, CPG implementation, and PAF were critical to optimizing empiric antibiotic management.
Authors
- Sejal M. Bhavsar (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4742-4025)
- Maureen Kim
- Kaitlyn Philips (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7031-0563)
- Pooja Shah (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0001-4055-1574)
- Sabrina Malik (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0338-0219)
- Patrick Lake
- Stefan Hagmann (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4921-1285)
- Erasmo Barbante Casella
- Shevaitha T. Shyamalan
Institutions
- Hackensack University Medical Center (US)
- Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences Institute (US)
- Hackensack Meridian Health (US)
- Center for Discovery (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Pediatric Quality and Safety
- Published
- 2025-05-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1097/pq9.0000000000000810
- Primary Topic
- Neonatal and Maternal Infections
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00