Pediatric Antimicrobial Stewardship

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Clinical Practice Guidelines

• IV Antibiotic Dosing
• PO Antibiotic Dosing
• Duration of Therapy
• Gram negative resistance markers and treatment options
• Restricted Antimicrobials
• Pediatric Infectious Diseases Clinical Guidelines
• Pediatric Hospital Medicine Clinical Practice Guidelines (links to external VUMC site)
• NICU guidelines (VUNeo)

Lab/Diagnostics

• CSF volumes
• ETT algorithm
• Interpretation of blood culture test
• Procalcitonin
• Blood culture volumes

Surgery

• Antibiotic prophylaxis by procedure type
• Perioperative antibiotic prophylaxis REDOSING

Immunocompromised Service

• Organ transplant policies and protocols (links to external VUMC site)
• Wright service learning resources

Education/Clinical Pearls

• Beta lactam cross reactivity
• "Covering your ASP" Newsletters
• Vanderbilt Health Newsletters