Abstract
The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence published guidelines for managing early-onset neonatal infections in 2012. It recommended provision for reporting blood cultures (BCs) with growth detected or not detected at 36 h. To determine if this was followed, a telephone survey was conducted amongst lead biomedical scientists based at microbiology laboratories (N = 209) in the UK. Overall, 202/209 responded and 139/202 had on-site facilities for BCs. BC results with growth detected or not detected at 36 h were available out-of-hours in 36/139 (26.6%) and 66/139 (47.5%) neonatal units, respectively. Early discontinuation of antibiotics should lead to improved antibiotic stewardship.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 425-428 |
Number of pages | 4 |
Journal | Journal of Hospital Infection |
Volume | 98 |
Issue number | 4 |
Early online date | 16 Dec 2017 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 1 Apr 2018 |
Keywords
- Antimicrobial stewardship
- Gentamicin
- Neonatal blood culture reporting
- NICE guidelines
- Premature infants