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Our aim was to increase the percentage of enteral antibiotic doses for hospital medicine patients with uncomplicated common bacterial infections (community-acquired pneumonia, skin and soft tissue infection, urinary tract infection, neck infection) from 50% to 80% in 6 months.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>METHODS<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>We formed a multidisciplinary team to evaluate key drivers and design plan-do-study-act cycles. Interventions included provider education, structured discussion at existing team huddles, and pocket-sized printed information. Our primary measure was the percentage of antibiotic doses given enterally to patients receiving other enteral medications. Secondary measures included antibiotic cost, number of peripheral intravenous catheters, length of stay, and 7-day readmission. We used statistical process control charts to track our measures.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>RESULTS<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Over a 6-month baseline period and 12 months of improvement work, we observed 3183 antibiotic doses (888 in the baseline period, 2295 doses during improvement work). We observed an increase in the percentage of antibiotic doses given enterally per week for eligible patients from 50% to 67%. We observed decreased antibiotic costs and fewer peripheral intravenous catheters per encounter after the interventions. There was no change in length of stay or readmissions.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>CONCLUSIONS<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>We observed increased enteral antibiotic doses for children hospitalized with common bacterial infections. 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