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Time‐to‐antibiotic administration as a quality of care measure in children with febrile neutropenia: A survey of pediatric oncology centers
Author(s) -
McCavit Timothy L.,
Winick Naomi
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
pediatric blood and cancer
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.116
H-Index - 105
eISSN - 1545-5017
pISSN - 1545-5009
DOI - 10.1002/pbc.23148
Subject(s) - medicine , pediatric oncology , febrile neutropenia , neutropenia , measure (data warehouse) , antibiotics , oncology , intensive care medicine , pediatrics , cancer , chemotherapy , database , computer science , microbiology and biotechnology , biology
Time‐to‐antibiotic administration (TTA) has been suggested as a quality‐of‐care (QOC) measure for pediatric oncology patients with febrile neutropenia (FN). Unknown, however, is to what extent pediatric oncology centers utilize TTA. Therefore, we designed and administered an electronic survey (68% response rate) of programs in the Children's Oncology Group to assess TTA utilization. Nearly half of respondents track TTA. Most reported using a benchmark of less than 60 min from arrival. TTA is a commonly used QOC measure for pediatric FN despite an absence of studies establishing its validity and a lack of data supporting its impact on outcomes of FN. Pediatr Blood Cancer 2012; 58: 303–305. © 2011 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.