Interventions for Improved Time to Antibiotic Administration in Pediatric Patients With Febrile Neutropenia

Kathleen M. Villarama, Jessica Lise, Martha Hugger, Marvella Cephas, Richard Drachtman, Minh-Tu Do, Nadia I. Awad, The Bristol-Myers Squibb Children, s Hospital at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, New Brunswick, Department of Pediatrics, Rutgers-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Rutgers-Cancer Institute of New Jersey, New Brunswick, Department of Pediatrics, Rutgers-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, New Brunswick

Journal of Pharmacy Practice

Published online on August 09, 2025

Abstract

Journal of Pharmacy Practice, Volume 39, Issue 3, Page 172-178, June 2026.
Background:For pediatric patients with suspected neutropenic fever in the emergency department, the gold standard antibiotic administration time is 60 min upon presentation. Unfortunately, this is difficult to achieve given operational delays and the ...