Strategies, personnel, and diversity of pediatric antimicrobial stewardship programs in the United States: Strategies and composition of US pediatric ASPs.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

We sought to characterize US pediatric antimicrobial stewardship programs (ASPs), including their hospital demographics, staffing, funded full-time equivalents (FTEs) by hospital size, and relative emphasis on recommended stewardship strategies. We examined the self-reported characteristics of ASP personnel with regard to discipline, race, ethnicity, gender identity, and years of experience in antimicrobial stewardship.

Design

Descriptive two-part survey.

Setting

Pediatric ASPs at hospitals participating in Sharing Antimicrobial Reports for Pediatric Stewardship (SHARPS), a pediatric quality improvement collaborative of >70 children's hospitals.

Participants

Survey distributed to 82 US pediatric ASPs, excluding hospitals without pediatric ASPs. Part I

SUBMITTER: Manice CS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11869051 | biostudies-literature | 2025

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature