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. 2010 Apr;31(4):408-11.
doi: 10.1086/651305.

Child care center exclusion policies and directors' opinions on the use of antibiotics

Nkuchia M M'ikanatha  1 , Leanne B Gasink, Allen Kunselman, Kimberly Warren, Ebbing Lautenbach
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Child care center exclusion policies and directors' opinions on the use of antibiotics

Nkuchia M M'ikanatha et al. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2010 Apr.

Abstract

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.

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