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Pediatric antimicrobial stewardship in the COVID-19 outbreak
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Growing evidence supports the positive impact of antimicrobial stewardship programs (ASPs) on antimicrobial use, including pediatrics.1 Although short of the level of acceptance these have reached in the United States, the implementation of pediatric ASPs in European hospitals has increased over the last few years.1 It has been suggested that the ASP should be helpful in the preparation for and response to the SARS-CoV-2/COVID-19 outbreak, 2 but no formal recommendations have been published. Whether pediatric ASP remains an essential activity or not during the COVID-19 pandemic has yet to be clarified. Here, we describe how the COVID-19 pandemic has impacted antimicrobial use in a referral pediatric hospital, and we propose a supporting role for ASP teams in the local management of the outbreak. The first COVID-19 case in Catalonia, Spain, was reported on February 25, 2020. By mid-March, most pediatric and obstetrics departments in the region were shut to increase the capacity for adult COVID-19 patients. Hospital Sant Joan de Déu Barcelona (SJD) remained the largest pediatric and maternal referral center in the region. COVID-19 and non-COVID-19 pediatric and young adult patients were transferred to our wards and pediatric ICU (PICU), and the number of daily deliveries tripled, whereas all nonemergency clinical, teaching, and research activities were postponed. Compared to the same months in 2019, in March 2020, total hospital stays decreased by 0.8% in the PICU and 15.2% in non-PICU areas, and in April 2020, total hospital stays decreased by 23.7% in the PICU and 22.2% in non-PICU areas.
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VELASCO ARNAIZ, Eneritz, LÓPEZ RAMOS, Maria goretti, SIMÓ NEBOT, Sílvia, JORDÁN GARCÍA, Iolanda, RÍOS BARNÉS, María, URREA AYALA, Mireia, MONSONÍS, Manuel, FORTUNY GUASCH, Claudia, NOGUERA JULIAN, Antoni. Pediatric antimicrobial stewardship in the COVID-19 outbreak. _Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology_. 2020. Vol. 2020. [consulta: 24 de gener de 2026]. ISSN: 0899-823X. [Disponible a: https://hdl.handle.net/2445/174778]