Antimicrobial stewardship in pediatric emergency medicine: a narrative exploration of antibiotic overprescribing, stewardship interventions, and performance metrics

K Meesters, D Buonsenso - Children, 2024 - mdpi.com
Antibiotic overprescribing is prevalent in pediatric emergency medicine, influenced by
clinician–caregiver dynamics and diagnostic uncertainties, and poses substantial risks such …

A multisite collaborative to decrease inappropriate antibiotics in urgent care centers

A Nedved, M Fung, D Bizune, CM Liu… - …, 2022 - publications.aap.org
BACKGROUND Urgent care (UC; a convenient site to receive care for ambulatory-sensitive)
centers conditions; however, UC clinicians showed the highest rate of inappropriate …

Parent and clinician views on not using antibiotics for mild community-acquired pneumonia

JE Szymczak, AA Hayes, P Labellarte… - …, 2024 - publications.aap.org
Video Abstract OBJECTIVES Preschool-aged children with mild community-acquired
pneumonia (CAP) routinely receive antibiotics even though most infections are viral. We …

[HTML][HTML] Increasing Safety Net Antibiotic Prescriptions for Acute Otitis Media in Urgent Care Clinics

J McKinsey, BR Lee, D Wyly, H Austin… - The Journal of Pediatrics …, 2024 - Elsevier
Objective To evaluate the effectiveness of multifaceted interventions in improving the use of
safety net antibiotic prescriptions (SNAPs) for nonsevere acute otitis media (AOM). Study …

Communication Strategies to Improve Antibiotic Prescribing in Pediatric Urgent Care Centers

A Nedved, D Bizune, M Fung, CM Liu… - Pediatric …, 2024 - journals.lww.com
Objective Urgent care (UC) clinicians frequently prescribe inappropriate antibiotics for upper
respiratory illnesses. In a national survey, pediatric UC clinicians reported family …