From Name: From Email: To Name: To Email: Optional Message: Children's National Hospital quality initiative changes culture of antibiotic prescribing in NICU from Medical Xpress A quality improvement initiative in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) at Children's National Hospital led to a significant reduction in treatment with intravenous vancomycin, an antibiotic used for resistant gram positive infections, which is often associated with acute kidney injury. The findings, published in the journal Pediatrics, show the initiative reduceed vancomycin use in patients by 66%, and the NICU has sustained the reduction for more than a year. more 7701 Las Colinas Blvd., Ste. 800, Irving, TX 75063