Editorial Commentary: Improving Prescribers to Advance Antimicrobial Stewardship
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Improving Prescribers to Advance Antimicrobial Stewardship
In an era of ever-increasing antibiotic resistance, antimicrobial stewardship plays a vital role in improving patient outcomes and ensuring the appropriate use of these agents. In this issue of Clinical Infectious Diseases, Hamilton et al acknowledge that most formalized antimicrobial stewardship programs (ASPs) do not currently employ a routine intervention with the antibiotic prescriber at th...
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عنوان ژورنال: Clinical Infectious Diseases
سال: 2015
ISSN: 1058-4838,1537-6591
DOI: 10.1093/cid/civ021