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Reducing Antibiotic Use in a Level III and Two Level II Neonatal Intensive Care Units Targeting Prescribing Practices for Both Early and Late-onset Sepsis: A Quality Improvement Project

INTRODUCTION: Variation in antibiotic (ATB) use exists between neonatal intensive care units (NICUs) without demonstrated benefit to outcomes tested. Studies show that early-onset sepsis occurs in up to 2% of NICU patients, yet antibiotics (ABX) were started in over 50% of neonates admitted to our N...

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Autores principales: Kahn, Doron J., Perkins, Beckett S., Barrette, Claire E., Godin, Robert
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9197376/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35720871
http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/pq9.0000000000000555