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Variability in antimicrobial use among infants born at <33 weeks gestational age

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 September 2021

Joseph Y. Ting Open the ORCID record for Joseph Y. Ting [Opens in a new window] ,
Ashley Roberts ,
Ayman Abou Mehrem ,
Faiza Khurshid ,
Christine Drolet ,
Luis Monterrosa ,
Eugene W. Yoon  and
Prakesh S. Shah
Joseph Y. Ting*
Affiliation:
Department of Pediatrics, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Colombia, Canada
Ashley Roberts
Affiliation:
Department of Pediatrics, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Colombia, Canada
Ayman Abou Mehrem
Affiliation:
Department of Pediatrics, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Faiza Khurshid
Affiliation:
Department of Pediatrics, Queen’s University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada
Christine Drolet
Affiliation:
Centre Mère-Enfant Soleil, CHU de Québec, Laval University, Quebec City, Québec, Canada
Luis Monterrosa
Affiliation:
Department of Pediatrics, Saint John Regional Hospital, Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada
Eugene W. Yoon
Affiliation:
Maternal-infant Care Research Centre, Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Prakesh S. Shah
Affiliation:
Maternal-infant Care Research Centre, Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada Department of Pediatrics, Mount Sinai Hospital and University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada
*
Author for correspondence: Joseph Y. Ting, E-mail: yukjosep@ualberta.ca
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Abstract

Excessive antimicrobial use is associated with adverse neonatal outcomes. In our cohort of 27,163 infants born at <33 weeks gestational age, the first week after birth accounted for the highest rates of antimicrobial use, and variability across sites persisted after adjustment for patient characteristics correlated with illness severity.

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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 44 , Issue 1 , January 2023 , pp. 128 - 132
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© The Author(s), 2021. Published by Cambridge University Press on behalf of The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America

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A full list of CNN investigators and their affiliations is provided in the Acknowledgments.

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