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Costs of Antimicrobial Stewardship Programs at US Children’s Hospitals

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 March 2016

Philip Zachariah ,
Jason G. Newland ,
Jeffrey S. Gerber ,
Lisa Saiman ,
Jennifer L. Goldman ,
Adam L. Hersh  and
SHARPS Collaborative Project Group
Philip Zachariah*
Affiliation:
Department of Pediatrics, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, New York
Jason G. Newland
Affiliation:
Department of Pediatrics, Children’s Mercy Hospitals and Clinics and University of Missouri-Kansas City, Kansas City, Missouri
Jeffrey S. Gerber
Affiliation:
Division of Infectious Diseases, The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Lisa Saiman
Affiliation:
Department of Pediatrics, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, New York Department of Infection Prevention and Control, NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital, New York, New York
Jennifer L. Goldman
Affiliation:
Department of Pediatrics, Children’s Mercy Hospitals and Clinics and University of Missouri-Kansas City, Kansas City, Missouri
Adam L. Hersh
Affiliation:
Department of Pediatrics, University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, Utah.
*
Address correspondence to: Philip Zachariah, MD, MS, Department of Pediatrics, Columbia University Medical Center, 622 West 168th Street, VC4-417, New York, NY 10032 (pz2177@cumc.columbia.edu).
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Abstract

The costs of antimicrobial stewardship programs (ASPs) in children’s hospitals have not been described previously. We assessed ASP costs using an online survey administered to ASP leaders at U.S. children’s hospitals. ASP costs varied from $17,000 to $388,500 annually (median, $187,400). Overall costs were not correlated with hospital size.

Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 2016;37:852–854

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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 37 , Issue 7 , July 2016 , pp. 852 - 854
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© 2016 by The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America. All rights reserved 

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