Reducing ophthalmic antibiotic use for non-severe conjunctivitis in children
13 September 2023
Antibiotics are often overprescribed for pediatric conjunctivitis. We implemented a system-level quality improvement (QI) intervention to reduce unnecessary ophthalmic antibiotic use.
The QI intervention significantly reduced ophthalmic antibiotic prescribing for pediatric conjunctivitis without increasing treatment failure rates or health care utilization.
Further reading: Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society
Author(s): Thresia Sebastian et al
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