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Antibiotic use in Canadian neonatal intensive care units: a national survey for developing antimicrobial stewardship targets

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 June 2023

Lindsay L. Richter Open the ORCID record for Lindsay L. Richter [Opens in a new window] ,
Matthew Sai-pong Ho ,
Michael S. Dunn Open the ORCID record for Michael S. Dunn [Opens in a new window] ,
Kyong-Soon Lee ,
Joan L. Robinson ,
Ashley Roberts Open the ORCID record for Ashley Roberts [Opens in a new window] ,
Nisha Thampi Open the ORCID record for Nisha Thampi [Opens in a new window] ,
Shikha Gupta-Bhatnagar ,
Prakesh S. Shah Open the ORCID record for Prakesh S. Shah [Opens in a new window]  and
Joseph Y. Ting Open the ORCID record for Joseph Y. Ting [Opens in a new window]
Lindsay L. Richter
Affiliation:
Department of Pediatrics, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Matthew Sai-pong Ho
Affiliation:
Department of Pediatrics, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Michael S. Dunn
Affiliation:
Department of Pediatrics, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Kyong-Soon Lee
Affiliation:
Department of Pediatrics, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Joan L. Robinson
Affiliation:
Department of Pediatrics, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Ashley Roberts
Affiliation:
Department of Pediatrics, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Nisha Thampi
Affiliation:
Department of Pediatrics, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Shikha Gupta-Bhatnagar
Affiliation:
Department of Pediatrics, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
Prakesh S. Shah
Affiliation:
Department of Pediatrics, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada Maternal-Infant Care Research Centre, Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Joseph Y. Ting*
Affiliation:
Department of Pediatrics, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada Department of Pediatrics, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
*
Corresponding author: Joseph Y. Ting; Email: Joseph.ting@ualberta.ca
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Abstract

A survey was conducted among Canadian tertiary neonatal intensive care units. Of the 27 sites who responded, 9 did not have any form of antimicrobial stewardship, and 11 used vancomycin for empirical coverage in late-onset-sepsis evaluations. We detected significant variations in the diagnostic criteria for urinary tract infection and ventilator-associated pneumonia.

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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 44 , Issue 12 , December 2023 , pp. 2092 - 2095
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© The Author(s), 2023. Published by Cambridge University Press on behalf of The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America

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