Considerable variability in antibiotic use among US children's hospitals in 2017-2018.
Hannah G GriffithKeerti L DantuluriCary ThurmDerek J WilliamsRitu BanerjeeLeigh M HowardCarlos G GrijalvaPublished in: Infection control and hospital epidemiology (2020)
On any given day in a national network of children's hospitals, more than one-third of hospitalized children received an antibiotic, and 1 in 8 received a broad-spectrum antibiotic. Variation across hospitals, setting and regions identifies potential opportunities for enhanced antibiotic stewardship activities.