Mona Mostaghim
Boston Children's Hospital
13 Papers
20 Citations
Mona Mostaghim is an academic researcher from Boston Children's Hospital. The author has contributed to research in topics: Antimicrobial stewardship & Penicillin. The author has an hindex of 5, co-authored 13 publications. Previous affiliations of Mona Mostaghim include University of Technology, Sydney.
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Papers
Outcomes of multisite antimicrobial stewardship programme implementation with a shared clinical decision support system
Stuart Bond,Adriana J Chubaty,Suman Adhikari,Suman Adhikari,Spiros Miyakis,Spiros Miyakis,Spiros Miyakis,Craig S Boutlis,Wilfred W Yeo,Wilfred W Yeo,Marijka Batterham,Cara Dickson,Brendan McMullan,Mona Mostaghim,Samantha Li-Yan Hui,Kate Clezy,Pamela Konecny,Pamela Konecny +17 more
TL;DR: Implementation of a collaborative multisite ASP supported by a centrally deployed CDSS was associated with changes in targeted antimicrobial use, decreased antimicrobial costs, decreased HCA-CDI rates, and no observable increase in LOS or mortality.
Nurses are underutilised in antimicrobial stewardship – Results of a multisite survey in paediatric and adult hospitals
Mona Mostaghim,Mona Mostaghim,Tom Snelling,Tom Snelling,Tom Snelling,Brendan McMullan,Brendan McMullan,Pamela Konecny,Pamela Konecny,Stuart Bond,Stuart Bond,Stuart Bond,Suman Adhikari,Suman Adhikari,Adriana J Chubaty,Cathy Lovell,Beata Bajorek +16 more
TL;DR: Nurses consider AMS activities within their roles, but are underutilised in AMS programs, and further engagement, education, support and acknowledgement are required to improve nursing participation.
Improving intravenous-to-oral antibiotic switch in children: a team-based audit and implementation approach
Brendan McMullan,Michelle Mahony,Lolita Java,Mona Mostaghim,Michael Plaister,Camille Wu,Sophie White,Laila S Al Yazidi,Erica Martin,Penelope A Bryant,Karin A Thursky,Evette Buono +11 more
- 01 Mar 2021
TL;DR: In this article, a quality improvement approach to implement a guideline, with team-based education, audit and feedback, for timely, safe switch from intravenous-to-oral antibiotics in hospitalised children was described.
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Impact of clinical decision support on empirical antibiotic prescribing for children with community-acquired pneumonia
Mona Mostaghim,Mona Mostaghim,Tom Snelling,Tom Snelling,Tom Snelling,Brendan McMullan,Brendan McMullan,Yean H Ewe,Beata Bajorek +8 more
TL;DR: To assess the impact of a computerised clinical decision support system (CDSS) on antibiotic use in hospitalised children with a presumptive diagnosis of uncomplicated community‐acquired pneumonia (CAP), a large number of children were diagnosed withCAP.
A Pilot Study of a Computerized Decision Support System to Detect Invasive Fungal Infection in Pediatric Hematology/Oncology Patients.
Adam W. Bartlett,Emma Goeman,Aditi Vedi,Mona Mostaghim,Toby Trahair,Tracey A. O'Brien,Pamela Palasanthiran,Brendan McMullan +7 more
TL;DR: CDSS was superior to diagnostic coding in detecting IFI in an inpatient pediatric hematology/oncology cohort, and the functionality of CDSS lends itself to inpatient infectious diseases surveillance but depends on prescriber adherence.
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