The Impact of a Multifaceted Tertiary Pediatric Hospital's Antimicrobial Stewardship Service

Antimicrobials are the most commonly prescribed drug class in children. Overuse through inappropriate prescribing is a key driver of antimicrobial resistance and is recognized as one of the top 10 threats to global health by the World Health Organization.

Citation:
Goff Z, Abbotsford J, Yeoh DK, Bowen AC, Campbell AJ, Foley DA, Ford TJ, Hazelton B, Thu Le H, McLeod C, Ware B, Snelling T, Blyth CC. The Impact of a Multifaceted Tertiary Pediatric Hospital's Antimicrobial Stewardship Service. The Pediatric infectious disease journal. 2022;41(12):959-66.

Abstract:
Antimicrobials are the most commonly prescribed drug class in children. Overuse through inappropriate prescribing is a key driver of antimicrobial resistance and is recognized as one of the top 10 threats to global health by the World Health Organization.

Our investigators

Professor Christopher Blyth

MBBS (Hons) DCH FRACP FRCPA PhD

Centre Head, Wesfarmers Centre of Vaccines and Infectious Diseases; Co-Head, Infectious Diseases Epidemiology, Wesfarmers Centre of Vaccines and Infectious Diseases, Honorary and NHMRC Emerging Leadership Fellow

christopher.blyth@uwa.edu.au

Professor Asha Bowen

BA MBBS DCH FRACP PhD GAICD OAM

Head, Healthy Skin and ARF Prevention

Professor Tom Snelling

BMBS DTMH GDipClinEpid PhD FRACP

Head, Infectious Disease Implementation Research

tom.snelling@telethonkids.org.au

08 6319 1817