Improving paediatric antimicrobial stewardship in remote and regional Queensland hospitals: development and qualitative evaluation of a tailored intervention for intravenous-to-oral antibiotic switching.
Leah S SharmanMinyon L AventVivian LyallJasmina FejzicJulia E ClarkAdam IrwinNicolette GrahamMieke L van DrielPublished in: BMJ open (2022)
Despite structural barriers to AMS for switching from intravenous-to-oral antibiotics in paediatric patients, offering a tailored multifaceted intervention was reported to provide support and confidence to adjust practice across a diverse set of health workers in regional areas. Future AMS activities should be guided by users and provide opportunities for tailoring tools to practice setting and patients' requirements.
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