Appropriateness of antibiotic prescribing varies by clinical services at United States children's hospitals.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To describe patterns of inappropriate antibiotic prescribing at US children's hospitals and how these patterns vary by clinical service.

Design

Serial, cross-sectional study using quarterly surveys.

Setting

Surveys were completed in quarter 1 2019-quarter 3 2020 across 28 children's hospitals in the United States.

Participants

Patients at children's hospitals with ≥1 antibiotic order at 8:00 a.m. on institution-selected quarterly survey days.

Methods

Antimicrobial stewardship physicians and pharmacists collected data on antibiotic orders and evaluated appropriateness of prescribing. The primary outcome was percentage of inappropriate antibiotics, stratified by clinical service and antibiotic class. Secondary outcomes included reasons for inappr

SUBMITTER: Diggs DT 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10665883 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature