Department of Pediatrics, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia.
Division of Pediatric Infectious Disease, Department of Pediatrics, Children's Healthcare of Atlanta, Atlanta, Georgia.
Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2024 Feb;45(2):231-233. doi: 10.1017/ice.2023.118. Epub 2023 Aug 29.
In a pediatric hospital system over 2 years, 58,607 doses of antibiotic were wasted, an average of 80 doses per day, including drugs in shortage nationwide. Approximately 50% of waste occurred within the first 2 days of admission or the day of discharge, with ampicillin being the most wasted drug (N = 7,789 doses).
在一家儿科医院系统中,2 年期间浪费了 58607 剂抗生素,平均每天浪费 80 剂,其中包括全国短缺的药品。大约 50%的浪费发生在入院后的前 2 天或出院当天,其中氨苄西林是浪费最多的药物(N = 7789 剂)。