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Impact of a Prospective-Audit-With-Feedback Antimicrobial Stewardship Program at a Children's Hospital
Author(s) -
Jason G. Newland,
Leslie Stach,
Stephen A. De Lurgio,
Erin Hedican,
Diana Yu,
Joshua C. Herigon,
Priya A. Prasad,
Mary Anne Jackson,
Angela Myers,
Theoklis E. Zaoutis
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
journal of the pediatric infectious diseases society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.269
H-Index - 31
eISSN - 2048-7207
pISSN - 2048-7193
DOI - 10.1093/jpids/pis054
Subject(s) - antimicrobial stewardship , medicine , audit , antibiotic stewardship , antibiotics , intensive care medicine , antimicrobial , stewardship (theology) , prospective cohort study , antibiotic resistance , accounting , microbiology and biotechnology , business , politics , political science , law , biology
The emergence of antibiotic-resistant organisms and the lack of development of new antimicrobials have made it imperative that additional strategies be developed to maintain the effectiveness of these existing antibiotics. The objective of this study was to describe the impact of a prospective-audit-with-feedback antimicrobial stewardship program (ASP) on antibiotic use in a children's hospital.

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