SEP 1, 2026 · JOURNAL ARTICLE
Implementation of a Pediatric Surgical Stewardship Initiative Improves Perioperative Antibiotic Selection, Timing and Duration Without Worsening Clinical Outcomes
Journal of the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society
Quality improvement study showing significant compliance improvements across multiple antibiotic stewardship metrics without harm, but using process measures rather than hard clinical outcomes and lacking a concurrent control arm.
Reported
Preoperative timing compliance ba…97.3% vs 98%
Preoperative timing p-valuep<0.001
Redosing compliance baseline vs i…50.9% vs 93.3%