Reducing Duration of Antibiotic Use for Presumed Neonatal Early-Onset Sepsis in Greek NICUs. A "Low-Hanging Fruit" Approach

• Main Authors: Ioannis Kopsidas (Author), Grammatiki-Christina Tsopela (Author), Nafsika-Maria Molocha (Author), Eleni Bouza (Author), Elisavet Chorafa (Author), Evangelia Chorianopoulou (Author), Vasileios Giapros (Author), Despoina Gkentzi (Author), Theodoros Gkouvas (Author), Anastasia Kapetanaki (Author), Korina Karachristou (Author), Georgia Karavana (Author), Eleni Kourkouni (Author), Georgia Kourlaba (Author), Maria Lithoxopoulou (Author), Vassiliki Papaevangelou (Author), Maria Polychronaki (Author), Emmanuel Roilides (Author), Tania Siahanidou (Author), Evangelia Stratiki (Author), George A. Syrogiannopoulos (Author), Christos Triantafyllou (Author), Maria N. Tsolia (Author), Emmanouela Tsouvala (Author), Theoklis Zaoutis (Author), Nikos Spyridis (Author), Preventing Hospital-Acquired Infections in Greece (PHiG) (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: MDPI AG, 2021-03-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Antibiotics are commonly prescribed in Neonatal Intensive Care Units (NICU), where stewardship interventions are challenging. Lowering antibiotic consumption is desperately needed in Greece, a country with high antibiotic resistance rates. We sought to assess the effectiveness of a low-cost and -res...