Child care center exclusion policies and directors' opinions on the use of antibiotics.
We studied exclusion policies and child care center directors' opinions regarding antibiotic use for childhood illnesses. Among 135 respondents, 96.9% reported that they had written policies on exclusion of children for acute illnesses. Although 52.4% of respondents agreed that children are prescribed antibiotics unnecessarily, 89.1% believed that parents pressure physicians to prescribe unnecessary antibiotics.
M'ikanatha
Nkuchia M
NM
Pennsylvania Department of Health, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania 17120, USA. nmikanatha@state.pa.us
Gasink
Leanne B
LB
Kunselman
Allen
A
Warren
Kimberly
K
Lautenbach
Ebbing
E
D000328:Adult; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D002656:Child Day Care Centers / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D016134:Organizational Policy; D010290:Parents / Q000523:psychology; D010414:Pennsylvania; D010818:Practice Patterns, Physicians'; D012141:Respiratory Tract Infections / Q000188:drug therapy*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires
D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents