An intervention undertaken by dozens of health centers reduced antibiotic use for pediatric conjunctivitis by up to 19% without increasing treatment failure, according to study findings.
“Conjunctivitis, also sometimes referred to as pink eye, is one of the most common reasons that children come into the doctor's office,” Holly M. Frost, MD, senior director of the Center for Health Systems Research at Denver Health, told Healio. “It’s also a really common reason that kids are excluded from day care and school. So, it has a big impact on many of the families that we care for.”