%0 Journal Article
%T Quality Initiative to Improve time to Antibiotics for Febrile Pediatric Patients with Potential Neutropenia
%A Amber King
%A Clay T. Cohen
%A Gregory K. Friedman
%A Janet Deason
%A John Charles Nichols
%A Kathy Monroe
%A Kimberly Whelan
%A Leslie Hayes
%A Lisa Maloney
%A Matthew Kutny
%J Archive of "Pediatric Quality & Safety".
%D 2018
%R 10.1097/pq9.0000000000000095
%X In patients who are immunocompromised, fever may indicate a life-threatening infection. Prompt time to antibiotic administration in febrile patients at risk for neutropenia has been identified by national and international panels as a key benchmark of quality care in emergent situations. A quality improvement initiative to improve health care provided in a pediatric emergency department (ED) is described
%U https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6135558/