IMPACT OF ANTIBIOTIC STEWARDSHIP INTERVENTION IN PAEDIATRIC WARDS OF A NIGERIAN TERTIARY HOSPITAL

• In: What’s new in practice? Part 1 on Tuesday, 24 September 2019, 9:20-9:30
• At: AbuDhabi (United Arab Emirates) (2019)
• Type: Presentation
• By: ONODUGO, Chinenye (UNIVERSITY OF NIGERIA TEACHING HOSPITAL, ITUKU OZALLA, ENUGU STATE, NIGERIA, PHARMACY, Nigeria)
• Co-author(s): Chinenye Onodugo: Pharmacy Department, University Of Nigeria Teaching Hospital, Ituku Ozalla, Enugu state, Nigeria
  Chukwuemeka Ubaka: Clinical Pharmacy and Pharmacy Management, University of Nigeria, Nsukka, Nigeria
  Uwaoma Fidelis-Ewa: Pharmacy department, University Of Nigeria Teaching Hospital, Ituku Ozalla, Enugu State, Nigeria
  Chinwe Ukwe: Clinical Pharmacy and Pharmacy Management, University of Nigeria , Nsukka, Nigeria
  
• Abstract:

  Background

  Antibiotics are prescribed to 75% of children in hospitals and mostly unnecessarily or inappropriately.Antibiotic stewardship programs are effective in improving antibiotic use outcome and patient safety

  Methods

  This  pharmacist- led prospective, quasi- experimental study was carried out in the paediatric emergency and medical wards

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