Antimicrobial resistance is one of the most relevant threats in public health worldwide.
Strategies as antimicrobial stewardship programs, aiming to preserve our antibiotic …

Background: Implementation of an antimicrobial stewardship program is recommended as
one solution to combat increasing antimicrobial resistance. Most antimicrobial stewardship …

With the rapid growth of the field of pediatric antimicrobial stewardship, there has been a
marked increase in the establishment of programs dedicated to this specialty. Shared …

BACKGROUND: Antimicrobial stewardship programs (ASPs) are targeted to optimize
antimicrobial use. However, pediatric metrics used to measure outcomes of ASPs are not …

Background Antimicrobial use is very common in hospitalized children. An assessment of
clinician's prevailing knowledge and clinical approach to prescribing antimicrobials is …

BACKGROUND: Antimicrobial stewardship programs (ASPs) have been proven to be
beneficial in reducing the use of antimicrobial agents, antibiotic resistance, and health care …

Objective: To evaluate the clinical impact of an antimicrobial stewardship program (ASP) on
high-risk pediatric patients. Design: Retrospective cohort study. Setting: Free-standing …

Antibiotic resistance remains a major health threat and the overuse of antimicrobials
contributes to this serious problem. Antimicrobial stewardship programs (ASPs) are effective …

Antimicrobial stewardship programs (ASPs) can help improve antimicrobial use in hospitals
and, therefore, reduce resistance. Our hospital implemented an ASP in 2004, with …

Background The majority of antimicrobial stewardship programmes focus on prescribing in
adult populations; however, there is a recognized need for targeted paediatric antimicrobial …