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However, early ambulation can be limited by clinical complexity and concerns about infectious transmission in HCT patients. Some patients are under contact precautions due to colonization with bacteria that produce extended-spectrum beta-lactamase (ESBL) enzymes. Our goal was to significantly increase ambulation in pediatric HCT recipients at our institution within three months of the intervention. We aimed to raise the number of ambulation events per day, the number of physical therapy (PT) visits per week, and the distance patients walked with PT per session. Methods: From January to October 2022, data on mobilization, demographics, and clinical characteristics were retrospectively collected from electronic health records. Starting in June 2022, we permitted ESBL-colonized patients to leave their rooms while wearing personal protective equipment (PPE), and we trained clinical staff about this in our QI initiative. Results: In Group 1, the ambulation rate was 1.36 times higher before the intervention than after, with an effect size of 0.3042 (p = 0.004 *). The ambulation rate in Group 2, admitted before the intervention, was 1.33 times higher than in Group 3, admitted after the intervention, with an effect size of 0.2856 (p = 0.016 *). Conclusions: The initiative did not increase ambulation among the targeted group. Patients ambulated more before the intervention, though these results lack statistical power. 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