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A multifaceted educational intervention shortened time to antibiotic administration in children with severe sepsis and septic shock: ABISS Edusepsis pediatric study

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Acknowledgements

We thank the physicians and nursing staff of the participating centers as well as the Spanish Pediatric Intensive Care Society for its support. Financial support for this study was provided by a research grant from Instituto de Salud Carlos III (FIS 10/01497), CM12/00066.

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  1. Pediatric Intensive Care Unit, Hospital Sant Joan de Déu, University of Barcelona, Passeig Sant Joan de Déu, 2, , 08950, Esplugues de Llobregat, Barcelona, Spain

    Elisabeth Esteban & Iolanda Jordan

  2. Pediatric Intensive Care Unit, Hospital Universitario 12 de Octubre, Avda de Córdoba s/n, 28041, Madrid, Spain

    Sylvia Belda

  3. Pediatric Intensive Care Unit, Hospital Regional Universitario Carlos Haya, Plaza del Hospital Civil s/n, 29009, Malaga, Spain

    Patricia García-Soler

  4. Pediatric Intensive Care Unit, Pediatric Area, Hospital Clínico Universitario de Santiago, Travesía de Choupana, s/n, 15706, Santiago De Compostela, Spain

    Antonio Rodríguez-Núñez

  5. Pediatric Intensive Care Unit, Hospital Universitario de Donostia, Doctor Begiristain Kalea s/n, 20014, Donostia, Spain

    Cristina Calvo

  6. Pediatric Intensive Care Unit, Hospital Universitario de Cruces, Plaza de Cruces s/n, 48903, Barakaldo, Bizkaia, Spain

    Javier Gil-Anton

  7. Pediatric Intensive Care Unit, Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Marañón, Dr Esquerdo, 46, 28007, Madrid, Spain

    Amaya Bustinza

  8. Pediatric Intensive Care Unit, Hospital Infantil Universitario Niño Jesús, Avda Menéndez Pelayo, 65, 28009, Madrid, Spain

    María-Isabel Iglesias-Bouzas

  9. Pediatric Intensive Care Unit, Hospital Universitario Vall d’Hebron, Paseo del Valle de Hebron, 119-129, 08035, Barcelona, Spain

    Montserrat Pujol-Jove

  10. Pediatric Intensive Care Unit, Hospital Universitario son Espases, Carretera de Valldemossa, 79, 07120, Palma de Mallorca, Spain

    Juan Carlos deCarlos

  11. Pediatric Intensive Care Unit, Hospital Infantil Miguel Servet, Paseo Isabel la Católica 1-3, 50009, Saragossa, Spain

    Juan-Pablo García-Iñiguez

  12. Pediatric Intensive Care Unit, Hospital General Universitario de Castellón, Avenida de Benicàssim, s/n, 12004, Castellón, Spain

    Antonio Pérez-Iranzo

  13. Pediatric Intensive Care Unit, Hospital Clínico Universitario Virgen de la Arrixaca, Ctra. Madrid-Cartagena, s/n , 30120, El Palmar, Murcia, Spain

    Cinta Téllez

  14. Pediatric Intensive Care Unit, Hospital Virgen de la Salud, Av. de Barber, 30, 45005, Toledo, Spain

    Irene Ortiz

  15. Pediatric Intensive Care Unit, Hospital Universitario de Canarias, Ofra, s/n, 038320, La Laguna, Santa Cruz De Tenerife, Spain

    Rosalía Pérez

  16. Pediatric Intensive Care Unit, Emergency Department, Hospital de Sabadell, Carrer Tauli 1, Parc Taulí Hoapital Universitario, 08208, Sabadell, Spain

    Vanesa Bonil

  17. Pediatric Intensive Care Unit, Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, Carrer de Sant Quintí, 89, 08026, Barcelona, Spain

    Sonia Brió

  18. Pediatric Intensive Care Unit, Hospital Universitario Central de Asturias, Aldea Cerdeño, 33011, Oviedo, Spain

    Andrés Concha

  19. Pediatric Intensive Care Unit and Pediatric Emergency Department, Hospital Infantil Virgen del Rocío de Sevilla, Avda. Manuel Siurot, s/n, 41013, Seville, Spain

    José-Domingo López

  20. Pediatric Intensive Care Unit and Pediatric Emergency Department, Hospital Universitario de Salamanca, Paseo de San Vicente, 88-182, 37007, Salamanca, Spain

    Vega Murga

  21. Pediatric Intensive Care Unit, Hospital Universitario Puerta del Mar, Av. Ana de Viya, 21, 11009, Cádiz, Spain

    Jose-Carlos Flores

  22. Pediatric Intensive Care Unit, Hospital Universitario Dr. Josep Trueta de Girona, Avenida de Francia, S/N, 17007, Girona, Spain

    Alberto Trujillo

  23. Pediatric and Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, Hospital Universitario General de Cataluña, Pedro i Pons, 08190, Sant Cugat Del Vallès, Spain

    Aida Felipe

  24. Pediatric Intensive Care Unit, Hospital Profesor Dr Fernando Fonseca, IC19, 2720-276, Amadora, Lisbone, Portugal

    Clara Abadesso

  25. Pediatric Intensive Care Unit, Hospital Universitario Clínico de Valladolid, Av. Ramón y Cajal, 47003, Valladolid, Spain

    María Pino

  26. Pediatric Intensive Care Unit, Hospital Universitario Virgen de la Candelaria, Ctra. del Rosario, 145, 38010, Santa Cruz De Tenerife, Spain

    José León

  27. Pediatric Intensive Care Unit, Complejo Hospitalario de Jaén, Av. del Ejército Español, 10, 23007, Jaén, Spain

    María-Carmen Martínez

  28. Pediatric Intensive Care Unit, Hospital Universitario de Burgos, Avda. Islas Baleares, 09006, Burgos, Spain

    Fernando Gómez

  29. Pediatric Intensive Care Unit, Hospital Universitario y Politécnico de la Fe, Avinguda de Fernando Abril Martorell, 106, 46026, València, Spain

    Rut Pérez-Montejano

  30. Pediatric Intensive Care Unit, Hospital Universitario Montepríncipe, Av. de Montepríncipe, 25, 28660, Boadilla Del Monte, Madrid, Spain

    Rocío Tapia

  31. Intensive Care Department, Hospital Universitari Vall d’Hebron, Passeig de la Vall d’Hebron 119-129, 08035, Barcelona, Spain

    Ricard Ferrer

  32. CIBER Enfermedades Respiratorias Spain, Shock Organ Dysfunction and Resuscitation Research Group (SODIR), Vall d’ Hebron Research Institute (VHIR), Barcelona, Spain

    Ricard Ferrer

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Esteban, E., Belda, S., García-Soler, P. et al. A multifaceted educational intervention shortened time to antibiotic administration in children with severe sepsis and septic shock: ABISS Edusepsis pediatric study. Intensive Care Med 43, 1916–1918 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00134-017-4721-4

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