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Sustainment of perioperative antimicrobial prophylaxis guidelines in children following discontinuation of an educational intervention to support stewardship

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 October 2024

Anastasia Dimopoulou Open the ORCID record for Anastasia Dimopoulou [Opens in a new window] ,
Georgia Kourlaba ,
Irini Chronopoulou ,
Anastasia Avloniti ,
Eleftheria Mavrigiannaki Open the ORCID record for Eleftheria Mavrigiannaki [Opens in a new window] ,
Ioannis Georgopoulos Open the ORCID record for Ioannis Georgopoulos [Opens in a new window]  and
Theoklis Zaoutis
Anastasia Dimopoulou*
Affiliation:
Department of Pediatric Surgery, Children’s General Hospital “Aghia Sophia”, Athens, Greece
Georgia Kourlaba
Affiliation:
Department of Nursing, University of Peloponnese, Tripoli, Greece
Irini Chronopoulou
Affiliation:
Department of Pediatric Surgery, Children’s General Hospital “Aghia Sophia”, Athens, Greece
Anastasia Avloniti
Affiliation:
Department of Neurosurgery, Children’s General Hospital “Aghia Sophia”, Athens, Greece
Eleftheria Mavrigiannaki
Affiliation:
Third Department of Pediatric Surgery, Mitera Children’s Hospital, Athens, Greece
Ioannis Georgopoulos
Affiliation:
Department of Pediatric Surgery, Children’s General Hospital “Aghia Sophia”, Athens, Greece
Theoklis Zaoutis
Affiliation:
Second Department of Pediatrics, School of Medicine, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, ‘P. and A. Kyriakou’ Children’s Hospital, Athens, Greece.
*
Corresponding author: Anastasia Dimopoulou; Email: [email protected]
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Abstract

Adherence to perioperative antimicrobial guidelines among Greek children was markedly decreased years after the discontinuation of an antimicrobial stewardship (AS) intervention. An educational intervention is effective to improve the perioperative antimicrobial use, but the continuous implementation of AS is important for its long-term sustainability.

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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 45 , Issue 10 , October 2024 , pp. 1240 - 1242
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© The Author(s), 2024. Published by Cambridge University Press on behalf of The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America

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