Frontline Clinician Knowledge of Antimicrobial Prescribing in an Academic Tertiary Children's Hospital: A Point Prevalence Study. (11th May 2015)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Larru, Beatriz; Sulieman, Salwa E.; Localio, Russell; Ross, Rachael K.; Sharland, Mike; Zaoutis, Theoklis E.; Gerber, Jeffrey S.
• Is Part Of: Journal of the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society. Volume 5:Number 4(2016:Dec.)
• Page Start: 462
• Page End: 464
• Publication Date: 2015-05-11
• Subjects: antimicrobial -- antimicrobial stewardship -- resistance; Communicable diseases in children -- Periodicals; Children -- Diseases -- Periodicals; 618.929
• DOI: 10.1093/jpids/piv026
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 2048-7193

Abstract

Abstract: Frontline clinicians caring for hospitalized children typically knew the indication for antimicrobial therapy but less often knew the current day or planned duration of therapy or of plans for intravenous to oral conversion. Night shift clinicians were less likely to know day of therapy and duration of therapy than day shift clinicians caring for the same patients.