Supplemental Material – The Questionnaire used for the survey
NATIONAL LEVEL PAEDIATRIC ANTIMICROBIAL STEWARDSHIP (PAS) SURVEY
Do you have a national paediatric antimicrobial stewardship (PAS) network in place?
(Yes, No, Don’t Know)
Do you know who is the current lead/chair of the network? (Yes, No, Don’t Know) If yes, please type his/her name
If yes, please type his/her email address When was the network set up? (year)
What role(s) does the network serve? (mark all applicable) Benchmarking between centres Sharing of good practice Guideline development Education
Other
If other, please specify
Which professional groups are represented within the network? (mark all applicable) Paediatric infectious diseases
General paediatricians Neonatologists
Primary care/community-based doctors Pharmacists
Nurses
Microbiologists Trainee doctors Others
If others, please specify
Is the network formally funded? (yes/no/don’t know) If yes, by whom?
Government
Pharmaceutical industry Research funding
Other (if other, please specify)
Does it focus on antimicrobial prescribing in:
Community/primary care settings Secondary care/hospital settings Both
Does your national network include an online clinical forum to discuss complex PAS cases?
If yes, please describe
Is antifungal stewardship addressed by the network? (Yes, No, Do not Know) List the main activities and outputs of the network in the past 12 months
Is there a national adult AS programme in your country? (Yes, No, Do not Know) If yes, does it review antimicrobial prescribing in children? (Yes, No, Do not Know) If yes, list the main paediatric outputs in the past 12 months
Approximately how many tertiary children’s hospitals are there in your country?
0-1 2-5 5-10 11-15 16-20
>20
Don’t know
Approximately how many of these hospitals have a PAS programme in place?
0-1 2-5 5-10 11-15 16-20
>20
Don’t Know
Do you have agreed metric(s) for the quantity of antibiotic prescribing/use in children in your country?
(Yes, No, Do not Know) If yes:
Which metric(s) do you use? (free text)
Is it obligatory for each hospital to report these paediatric data nationally?
(Yes, No, Do not Know)
Do you have any national guidelines on the management of children with common infections
being treated in hospital? (Yes, No, Do not Know)
If yes
Which professional organization(s) wrote the guideline?
Which year were the guidelines last updated?
Which of the following do the guidelines address: (check all that apply) indications for commencing antibiotics
total duration of antibiotic therapy the route of antibiotic administration IV to oral switch?
could you email us a copy of all available guidelines to [email address]
Have national PAS competencies been developed in your country? (Yes, No, Do not Know) If yes, do they focus on:
Community-based prescribing, Hospital- based prescribing both
Are national PAS meetings held in your country (specifically focusing on PAS and not part of a
general ID meeting)? (Yes, No, Do not Know)
If yes, are they combined adult/paediatric Antibiotic stewardship meetings or standalone paediatric meetings?
Combined standalone How often do they take place? (free text)
How do they take place: (check all that apply) face to face
teleconference videoconference
What topics do they cover (mark all applicable) update of best practice
benchmarking between centres PAS research activities
Other (free text)
