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Antimicrobials are a precious resource that can save children’s lives, but we must use them judiciously. Read about the overuse of antibiotics and the development of antimicrobial stewardship programs (ASPs).
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When clinicians in CHOP’s ED found that patients were sometimes waiting more than an hour for pain relief — too long by CHOP’s standards — they addressed the issue by implementing a quality improvement project.
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The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia implemented an outpatient antimicrobial stewardship program in its primary care network to combat the growing antibiotic resistance crisis.
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Can children head home just a few days after major spine surgery, with their pain under control? Healthcare providers at CHOP changed their method of care to make it possible for their adolescent patients.
By identifying babies at low risk of serious bacterial infection, a quality improvement team at CHOP safely reduced the use of lumbar puncture in infants being evaluated for fever.