Antibiotic use for inpatient newborn care with suspected infection: EN-BIRTH multi-country validation study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

An estimated 30 million neonates require inpatient care annually, many with life-threatening infections. Appropriate antibiotic management is crucial, yet there is no routine measurement of coverage. The Every Newborn Birth Indicators Research Tracking in Hospitals (EN-BIRTH) study aimed to validate maternal and newborn indicators to inform measurement of coverage and quality of care. This paper reports validation of reported antibiotic coverage by exit survey of mothers for hospitalized newborns with clinically-defined infections, including sepsis, meningitis, and pneumonia.

Methods

EN-BIRTH study was conducted in five hospitals in Bangladesh, Nepal, and Tanzania (July 2017-July 2018). Neonates were included based on case definitions to focus on term/near-term, c

SUBMITTER: Rahman AE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7995687 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature