Table 3.
Antibiotic use
| PICU | Relative risk (95% CI) | Infectious ward | Relative risk (95% CI) | Non-infectious ward | Relative risk (95%CI) | Overall | Relative risk (95% CI) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pre n=228 (%) |
Post n=281 (%) |
Pre n=466 (%) |
Post n=450 (%) |
Pre n=533 (%) |
Post n=688 (%) |
Pre n=1227 (%) |
Post n=1419 (%) |
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| Number of patients who received antibiotics | 212 (93) | 258 (92) | 345 (74) | 340 (76) | 223 (42) | 284 (41) | 780 (64) | 882 (62) | ||||
| Number of patients exposed to incorrect or inappropriate antibiotics | 118 (55.6) | 93 (36) | 0.64 (0.52 to 0.79) | 135 (39.1) | 52 (15.3) | 0.39 (0.29 to 0.51) | 83 (37.2) | 37 (13) | 0.35 (0.24 to 0.49) | 336 (43) | 182 (20.6) | 0.46 (0.40 to 0.55) |
| Inappropriate spectrum | 107 | 89 | 113 | 52 | 59 | 34 | 279 | 175 | ||||
| Incorrect dose | 10 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 23 | 2 | 52 | 2 | ||||
| Inappropriate duration | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | ||||
PICU, paediatric intensive care unit; Post, postintervention; Pre, preintervention.