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Application of an antibiotic spectrum index in the neonatal intensive care unit

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 July 2019

Alexandra C. Lahart Open the ORCID record for Alexandra C. Lahart [Opens in a new window] ,
Christopher C. McPherson ,
Jeffrey S. Gerber ,
Barbara B. Warner ,
Brian R. Lee  and
Jason G. Newland
Alexandra C. Lahart*
Affiliation:
Division of Newborn Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis, Missouri
Christopher C. McPherson
Affiliation:
Division of Newborn Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis, Missouri
Jeffrey S. Gerber
Affiliation:
Division of Infectious Diseases and The Center for Pediatric Clinical Effectiveness, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Barbara B. Warner
Affiliation:
Division of Newborn Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis, Missouri
Brian R. Lee
Affiliation:
Health Services and Outcomes Research, Children’s Mercy Hospital, Kansas City, Missouri
Jason G. Newland
Affiliation:
Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Pediatrics, Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis, Missouri
*
Author for correspondence: Alexandra C. Lahart, Division of Newborn Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Washington University School of Medicine, 1 Children’s Place, St Louis, MO 63110. Email: alahart@wustl.edu
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Abstract

Antimicrobial stewardship programs typically use days of therapy to assess antimicrobial use. However, this metric does not account for the antimicrobial spectrum of activity. We applied an antibiotic spectrum index to a population of very-low-birth-weight infants to assess its utility to evaluate the impact of antimicrobial stewardship interventions.

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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 40 , Issue 10 , October 2019 , pp. 1181 - 1183
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© 2019 by The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America. All rights reserved. 

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