Background Periodic surveillance of antibiotic consumption in the form of point prevalence
studies is a quick and robust methodology to evaluate prescribing trends in hospitals. The …

The rising threats from antimicrobial resistance due to inappropriate utilization of
antimicrobial agents in health care including the pediatric population has been a topic of …

Importance Blood culture overuse in the pediatric intensive care unit (PICU) can lead to
unnecessary antibiotic use and contribute to antibiotic resistance. Optimizing blood culture …

Antibiotic stewardship (AS) programs have become a priority for health authorities to reduce
the number of infections by super-resistant microorganisms. The need for these initiatives to …

Antimicrobial and diagnostic stewardship initiatives have become increasingly important in
paediatric settings. The value of qualitative approaches to conduct stewardship work in …

Neonatal sepsis, a life-threatening condition characterized by systemic infection in
newborns, continues to pose a significant challenge in perinatal care. Despite advances in …

In Spain, many programs have been introduced in recent years to optimize antimicrobial
stewardship in pediatric care (known as pediatric PROA). However, information on the …

Antimicrobial stewardship is vital to prevent the deleterious effects of inappropriate antibiotic
use: increasing antibiotic resistance, drug adverse effects, selection of pathogenic …

Purpose This study investigated participation in and perceptions of antibiotic stewardship
among nurses at a children's hospital. Methods This descriptive study included 125 nurses …

Objective: Hospital admission trends of children with status asthmaticus diminished during
the Coronavirus-19 (COVID-19) pandemic of 2020, possibly secondary to several factors …