Wesley T Smith, Jay Read, Shreya Agarwal, Gengwen Tian, Shaniqua J Anum, Michelle Choe, Kristen Kurtz, Dana Tlais, Xiaofan Shen, Jill Sarro, Thomas Looney, Timothy Porea, Hannah Sauer, Julienne Brackett, M Fatih Okcu, Murali Chintagumpala
PURPOSE: Time to antibiotic administration (TTA) in <60 minutes for children with neutropenic fever presenting to an emergency room is associated with reduced incidence of sepsis and intensive care admission. As such, TTA is used as a national quality metric for pediatric oncology patients. At our center, in 2020, 19% of the hospitalized patients with a new fever encounter were receiving antibiotics in <60 minutes, prompting a multidisciplinary approach to reach a goal of >90% in all pediatric patients with cancer with a new fever...
February 14, 2024: JCO oncology practice