Antimicrobial stewardship in pediatric post-acute care facilities

作者：Johnson Candace L^*; Jain Meaghan; Saiman Lisa; Neu Natalie

来源：American Journal of Infection Control, 2018, 46(4): 468-470.

DOI：10.1016/j.ajic.2017.09.031

• Antimicrobial stewardship
• long-term care
• post-acute care
• pediatrics

Providers in pediatric post-acute care facilities were surveyed about knowledge of and resources for antimicrobial stewardship. All agreed that antibiotics were overused in such pediatric facilities, but 60% had not implemented stewardship strategies. Lack of treatment guidelines (47%) was identified as the most common barrier to antimicrobial stewardship.

• 出版日期2018-4