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Antimicrobial Stewardship Barriers and Goals in Pediatric Oncology and Bone Marrow Transplantation: A Survey of Antimicrobial Stewardship Practitioners

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 December 2015

Joshua Wolf ,
Yilun Sun ,
Li Tang ,
Jason G. Newland ,
Jeffrey S. Gerber ,
Christie J. Van Dyke ,
Saul R. Hymes ,
Diana Yu ,
Delia C. Carias  and
Penelope A. Bryant
Joshua Wolf*
Affiliation:
Department of Infectious Diseases, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee Department of Pediatrics, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, Tennessee
Yilun Sun
Affiliation:
Department of Biostatistics, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee
Li Tang
Affiliation:
Department of Biostatistics, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee
Jason G. Newland
Affiliation:
Department of Pediatrics, Children’s Mercy Hospital, Kansas City, Missouri
Jeffrey S. Gerber
Affiliation:
Division of Infectious Diseases, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Christie J. Van Dyke
Affiliation:
Department of Pharmacy, Helen DeVos Children’s Hospital, Grand Rapids, Michigan
Saul R. Hymes
Affiliation:
Department of Pediatrics, Stony Brook Children’s Hospital, Stony Brook, New York
Diana Yu
Affiliation:
Department of Pharmacy, Children’s Mercy Hospital, Kansas City, Missouri
Delia C. Carias
Affiliation:
Pharmaceutical Department, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee
Penelope A. Bryant
Affiliation:
Infectious Diseases Unit, Department of General Medicine, Royal Children’s Hospital, Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, Australia.
*
Address correspondence to Joshua Wolf, MBBS, FRACP, Department of Infectious Diseases, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, Mail Stop 320, 262 Danny Thomas Pl, Memphis, TN 38105 (joshua.wolf@stjude.org).
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Abstract

We undertook a cross-sectional survey of antimicrobial stewardship clinicians in North America and Australasia regarding practices, goals, and barriers to implementation of stewardship for pediatric oncology patients. Goals and barriers were similar regardless of clinician or institutional characteristics and geographic location. Strategies addressing these factors could help optimize antimicrobial use.

Infect. Control Hosp. Epidemiol. 2016;37(3):343–347

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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 37 , Supplement 3 , March 2016 , pp. 343 - 347
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© 2015 by The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America. All rights reserved 

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Footnotes

Members of the study group are listed at the end of the text.

Presented in part: 14th Annual St. Jude/Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society Pediatric Infectious Diseases Research Conference; Memphis, Tennessee; February 20, 2015; abstract R201538.

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