Pediatric Guidelines for Antibiotic Use

The Johns Hopkins Hospital Antibiotic Guidelines are available as a 305-page handbook that is updated annually based on up-to-date literature reviews, national guidelines, and expert opinion. Suggested management approaches have been developed with multidisciplinary input. The guidelines also contain detailed recommendations for pediatric dosing from the neonatal period to adult sized patients.

Below are example sections from the JHH Pediatric Antibiotic Guidelines. In order to download the example sections, please read and accept the disclaimer that appears upon clicking any of the below examples. Access to the full guidelines for JHH providers can be found on the Pediatric Antimicrobial Stewardship Program Intranet.

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These guidelines were developed by Alice Jenh Hsu Pharm.D., BCPS, AQ-ID, and Pranita D. Tamma, MD, MHS, Co-Directors of the Pediatric Antimicrobial Stewardship Program, in collaboration with experts in medical and surgical pediatric subspecialties at The Johns Hopkins Hospital.

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