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[Alfredo Goycochea-Valdivia, Walter] Hosp Univ Virgen Rocio, Serv Infectol Reumatol & Inmunol Pedidat, Seville, Spain, [Melendo Perez, Susana] Hosp Univ Vall dHebron, Serv Pediat, Unidad Patol Infecciosa & Inmunodeficiencias Pedi, Barcelona, Spain, [Aguilera-Alonso, David] Hosp Univ Gregorio Maranon, Inst Invest Sanitaria Gregorio Maranon IiSGM, Serv Pediat, Secc Enfermedades Infecciosas, Madrid, Spain, [Escosa-Garcia, Luis] Inst Invest Hosp Univ La Paz IdiPAZ, Serv Pediat Hosp Enfermedades Infecciosas & Trop, Madrid, Spain, [Baquero-Artigao, Fernando] Inst Invest Hosp Univ La Paz IdiPAZ, Serv Pediat Hosp Enfermedades Infecciosas & Trop, Madrid, Spain, [Martinez Campos, Leticia] Hosp Univ Torrecardenas, Unidad Infectol Pediat, Almeria, Spain, [Aguilera-Alonso, David] Inst Salud Carlos III, CIBER Enfermedades Infecciosas CIBERINFEC, Madrid, Spain, [Escosa-Garcia, Luis] Inst Salud Carlos III, CIBER Enfermedades Infecciosas CIBERINFEC, Madrid, Spain, [Baquero-Artigao, Fernando] Inst Salud Carlos III, CIBER Enfermedades Infecciosas CIBERINFEC, Madrid, Spain |
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In the past few years, antimicrobial resistance has increased, becoming a serious public health problem. The irrational use of antimicrobials is one of the main contributors to antimicrobial resistance. The paediatric population is not free from this problem, as antimicro-bials are widely prescribed in this age group, often inappropriately. The introduction of antimicrobial stewardship programmes (ASPs) has proven crucial in cur-bing the emergence of antimicrobial resistance. At the international level, the need to develop specific paediatric ASPs has been recognised on account of the differences between adult and paediatric patients as concerns infection and approaches to diagnosis and treatment. For this reason, paediatric ASPs should be multidisciplinary programmes led by paediatric infectious disease specialists and use specific paediatric indicators (such as days of treatment, antimicro-bial susceptibility patterns in the paediatric population, or clinical indicators) to help identify areas of improvement and develop effective targeted interventions. On the other hand, the support and leadership of the pertinent scientific societies are also essential. The purpose of this document is to present the position of the Sociedad Espanola de Infectologia Pediatrica (SEIP, Spanish Society of Paediatric Infectious Diseases) concerning the implementation of paediatric ASPs in hospitals in Spain and to provide tools to facilitate their application in hospitals throughout the regional health care systems in the country. (c) 2022 Asociacion Espanola de Pediatr & iacute;a. Published by Elsevier Espana, S.L.U. This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/ 4.0/). |
