Evaluating current practice and knowledge about antibiotic stewardship principles in paediatric tertiary hospitals to identify target areas for future teaching activities.


Journal

Infection
ISSN: 1439-0973
Titre abrégé: Infection
Pays: Germany
ID NLM: 0365307

Informations de publication

Date de publication:
Oct 2022
Historique:
received: 23 12 2021
accepted: 14 03 2022
pubmed: 3 4 2022
medline: 4 10 2022
entrez: 2 4 2022
Statut: ppublish

Résumé

Antibiotic exposure among hospitalized children is very high. With inappropriate antimicrobial use resulting in increased rates of antimicrobial resistance, the implementation of antibiotic stewardship programs is critically needed. This survey study aimed to identify current practice and knowledge about antibiotic stewardship and infection control among paediatricians in tertiary care paediatric hospitals in and around Munich, Germany. A prospective cross-sectional study based on an anonymous questionnaire, structured into different sub-sections regarding antibiotic use, antimicrobial resistance, antibiotic stewardship and infection control, was conducted between 1st of May and 30th of June 2016 in five paediatric hospitals. In total, 111 paediatricians across all grades were eligible for participation. The overall proportion of correct answers for all sub-sections of the survey ranged from 54.1% correct answers in the antibiotic handling and bacterial resistance section to 72.9% correct answers in the hospital hygiene/infection control section. In general, knowledge across all categories was similar for junior doctors, middle-grade doctors or consultants. Advocating empiric use of narrow-spectrum instead of broad-spectrum antibiotics was considered to be the most difficult measure to implement in daily practice (36.9%). De-escalation from broad-spectrum empirical therapy to targeted treatment was considered the easiest measure to achieve (43.2%). Our results demonstrate that principles of antimicrobial stewardship and aspects of hospital hygiene/infection control are not satisfactorily known among hospital-based paediatricians in and around Munich. We identified four important target areas for future educational interventions that should play a more prominent role in both pre- and postgraduate medical training.

Identifiants

pubmed: 35366158
doi: 10.1007/s15010-022-01807-w
pii: 10.1007/s15010-022-01807-w
pmc: PMC9522681
doi:

Substances chimiques

Anti-Bacterial Agents 0
Anti-Infective Agents 0

Types de publication

Journal Article

Langues

eng

Sous-ensembles de citation

IM

Pagination

1273-1279

Informations de copyright

© 2022. The Author(s).

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Auteurs

Laura Kolberg (L)

Department of Paediatric Infectious Diseases, Dr. von Hauner Children's Hospital, Ludwig-Maximilians University, Lindwurmstr. 4, 80337, Munich, Germany. laura.kolberg@med.uni-muenchen.de.

Judith Buschbeck (J)

Department of Paediatric Infectious Diseases, Dr. von Hauner Children's Hospital, Ludwig-Maximilians University, Lindwurmstr. 4, 80337, Munich, Germany.

Annabelle Wagner (A)

Department of Paediatric Cardiology, Saarland University Medical Center, Homburg, Germany.

Susanne Jonat (S)

Department of Paediatrics, Clinic Starnberg, Starnberg, Germany.

Gerhard Wolf (G)

Department of Paediatrics, Children's Hospital Traunstein, Ludwig-Maximilians University, Munich, Germany.

Jochen Peters (J)

Department of Paediatrics, Dritter Orden Clinic, Munich, Germany.

Uta Behrends (U)

Department of Paediatrics, School of Medicine, Schwabing Municipal Hospital, Technical University of Munich, Munich, Germany.
German Center for Infection Research (DZIF) Partner Site Munich, Munich, Germany.

Maximilian Steinhauser (M)

Department of Paediatrics, School of Medicine, Schwabing Municipal Hospital, Technical University of Munich, Munich, Germany.

Johannes Huebner (J)

Department of Paediatric Infectious Diseases, Dr. von Hauner Children's Hospital, Ludwig-Maximilians University, Lindwurmstr. 4, 80337, Munich, Germany.
German Center for Infection Research (DZIF) Partner Site Munich, Munich, Germany.

Ulrich von Both (U)

Department of Paediatric Infectious Diseases, Dr. von Hauner Children's Hospital, Ludwig-Maximilians University, Lindwurmstr. 4, 80337, Munich, Germany.
German Center for Infection Research (DZIF) Partner Site Munich, Munich, Germany.

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