New trial to tackle antibiotic overuse in hospitalised children
4 Gorffennaf 2017
A new £1.4m national research trial to tackle antibiotic overuse in hospitalised children and reduce the spread of antimicrobial resistance is being led by the University of Liverpool and Alder Hey Children’s NHS Foundation Trust with support from the Centre for Trials Research at Cardiff University.
The ‘Biomarker-guided duration of Antibiotic Treatment in Children Hospitalised with confirmed or suspected bacterial infection’ (BATCH) trial is funded by the National Institute for Health Research Health Technology Assessment Programme (NIHR HTA) and will be conducted across ten sites in the UK.