Implementation of Febrile Infant Management Guidelines Reduces Hospitalization.

ABSTRACT: The clinical management of well-appearing febrile infants 7-60 days of age remains variable due in part to multiple criteria differentiating the risk of a serious bacterial infection. The purpose of this quality improvement study was to standardize risk stratification in the emergency department and length of stay in the inpatient unit by implementing an evidence-based clinical practice guideline (CPG).

Methods

The Model for Improvement was used to implement a CPG for the management of well-appearing febrile infants, with collaboration between pediatric emergency medicine and pediatric hospital medicine physicians. Interventions included physician education, process audit/feedback, and development of an electronic orderset. We used statistical process control charts to assess the pr

SUBMITTER: Foster LZ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7056289 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jan-Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature