Appropriateness of antibiotic prescribing varies by clinical services at United States children's hospitals.
Devin T DiggsAlison C TribbleRebecca G SameJason G NewlandBrian R Leenull nullPublished in: Infection control and hospital epidemiology (2023)
Inappropriate antibiotic use for hospitalized children persists and varies by clinical service. Across 28 children's hospitals, PICUs and hospitalists contributed the most inappropriate antibiotic orders, and surgical subspecialists' orders were most often judged inappropriate. Understanding service-specific prescribing patterns will enable antimicrobial stewardship programs to better design interventions to optimize antibiotic use.