Development of a national neonatal intensive care unit-specific antimicrobial stewardship programme in Canada: protocol for a cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Early empiric treatment with broad-spectrum antimicrobials is common in neonatal intensive care units (NICU) due to the non-specific clinical presentation of infection. However, excessive and inappropriate antimicrobial use can lead to the emergence of drug-resistant organisms and adverse neonatal outcomes. This study aims to develop and implement a nationwide NICU-specific antimicrobial stewardship programme (ASP) to promote judicious antimicrobial use and control the emergence of multidrug-resistant organisms (MDROs) in Canada.

Methods and analysis

Our study population will include all very low-birth-weight neonates admitted to participating tertiary NICU in Canada. Based on the existing limited literature, we will develop consensus on NICU antimicrobial stewa

SUBMITTER: Ting JY 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7733165 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature