A National Quality Improvement Collaborative to Improve Antibiotic Use in Pediatric Infections

A study conducted across 118 hospitals in the American Academy of Pediatrics Value in Inpatient Pediatrics Network aimed to increase the proportion of children receiving appropriate antibiotic therapy for community-acquired pneumonia, skin and soft tissue infections, and urinary tract infections to ≥85% by Jan 1, 2022. The initiative included monthly audits, educational webinars, peer coaching, order sets, and a mobile app with site-specific treatment recommendations. The results showed a 13% intercept change at intervention for empirical therapy and a 1.1% monthly increase in adherence per month for antibiotic duration.