Channon-Wells, S; Elmes, J; Muller-Pebody, B; McGarrity, O; Chappell, F; Drysdale, SB; Ashiru-Oredope, D; Patel, S; Demirjian, A
(2023)
National point-prevalence survey of healthcare-associated infections and antimicrobial use: UK-PAS/UKHSA joint call to action for all paediatric services.
J Antimicrob Chemother, 78 (10).
pp. 2392-2394.
ISSN 1460-2091
https://doi.org/10.1093/jac/dkad265
SGUL Authors: Drysdale, Simon Bruce
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Abstract
The negative impact of high antimicrobial use (AMU), antimicrobial resistance and healthcare-associated infections (HCAIs) on children is concerning. However, a lack of available paediatric data makes it challenging to design and implement interventions that would improve health outcomes in this population, and impedes efforts to secure additional resources. The upcoming 2023 national point-prevalence survey of HCAIs and AMU in hospitals, led by the UK Health Security Agency, is an opportunity to collect valuable information, which will enable healthcare providers and policy makers to optimize antimicrobial stewardship and infection prevention practices in all populations, including children. These data will facilitate benchmarking and sharing of best practice, internally, nationally and internationally. This is a joint call to action asking all healthcare professionals-particularly in paediatrics-to nominate a lead for their institution and participate in this survey, to ensure appropriate paediatric representation, and help protect children from these growing threats.
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Additional Information: | This is a pre-copyedited, author-produced version of an article accepted for publication in Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy following peer review. The version of record Samuel Channon-Wells, Jocelyn Elmes, Berit Muller-Pebody, Orlagh McGarrity, Faye Chappell, Simon B Drysdale, Diane Ashiru-Oredope, Sanjay Patel, Alicia Demirjian, on behalf of UK-PAS, National point-prevalence survey of healthcare-associated infections and antimicrobial use: UK-PAS/UKHSA joint call to action for all paediatric services, Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy, Volume 78, Issue 10, October 2023, Pages 2392–2394 is available online at: https://doi.org/10.1093/jac/dkad265 | ||||||||
Keywords: | 0605 Microbiology, 1108 Medical Microbiology, 1115 Pharmacology and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Microbiology | ||||||||
SGUL Research Institute / Research Centre: | Academic Structure > Infection and Immunity Research Institute (INII) | ||||||||
Journal or Publication Title: | J Antimicrob Chemother | ||||||||
ISSN: | 1460-2091 | ||||||||
Language: | eng | ||||||||
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Publisher License: | Publisher's own licence | ||||||||
PubMed ID: | 37611224 | ||||||||
Web of Science ID: | WOS:001053144300001 | ||||||||
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URI: | https://openaccess.sgul.ac.uk/id/eprint/115734 | ||||||||
Publisher's version: | https://doi.org/10.1093/jac/dkad265 |
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