Impact of a prospective-audit-with-feedback antimicrobial stewardship program at a children's hospital

Journal of the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 179-186

  Newland, Jason G ^a,b   Stach, Leslie M ^a   De Lurgio, Stephen A ^b   Hedican, Erin ^a,b   Yu, Diana ^a   Herigon, Joshua C ^a,b   Prasad, Priya A ^c,d   Jackson, Mary Anne ^a   Myers, Angela L ^a   Zaoutis, Theoklis E ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI KANSAS CITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b CHILDREN S MERCY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial stewardship; Children's hospitals; Prospective audit; Time series

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; AZTREONAM; CEFEPIME; CEFOTAXIME; CEFTAZIDIME; CEFTRIAXONE; CIPROFLOXACIN; DAPTOMYCIN; IMIPENEM; LEVOFLOXACIN; LINEZOLID; MEROPENEM; MOXIFLOXACIN; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM; SULTAMICILLIN; TIMENTIN; TOBRAMYCIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ANTIMICROBIAL STEWARDSHIP PROGRAM; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG USE; FEMALE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; PEDIATRIC HOSPITAL; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUASI EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; TREATMENT DURATION;

EID: 84879136590     PISSN: 20487193     EISSN: 20487207     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jpids/pis054     Document Type: Article

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