Novel outpatient antibiotic prescribing report of respiratory infections in a pediatric health system's emergency departments and urgent care clinics.

Creator(s)

Rana El Feghaly, Children's Mercy HospitalFollow
Alaina N. Burns, Children's Mercy HospitalFollow
Jennifer Goldman, Children's Mercy Kansas CityFollow
Angela Myers, Children's Mercy HospitalFollow
Amol V. Purandare, Children's Mercy HospitalFollow
Brian R. Lee, Children's Mercy HospitalFollow

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

3-2021

Identifier

DOI: 10.1016/j.ajic.2020.08.023

Abstract

We developed a report of overall antibiotic use for respiratory infections in pediatric emergency departments and urgent care clinics. Antibiotics were used in 5.3% of diagnoses where antibiotics are not recommended, and first-line guideline-concordant antibiotics were used in 87% of diagnoses where antibiotics are recommended. Outpatient antibiotic stewardship efforts need to target site and diagnosis-specific challenges.

Journal Title

American journal of infection control

Volume

49

Issue

3

First Page

398

Last Page

400

Keywords

Antimicrobial stewardship; Monitoring; Tracking

Recommended Citation

El Feghaly RE, Burns A, Goldman JL, Myers A, Purandare AV, Lee BR. Novel outpatient antibiotic prescribing report of respiratory infections in a pediatric health system's emergency departments and urgent care clinics. Am J Infect Control. 2021;49(3):398-400. doi:10.1016/j.ajic.2020.08.023