An Opt-out Approach to Antimicrobial Stewardship Utilizing Electronic Alert Recommendations at a Community Hospital
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Remote Antimicrobial Stewardship in Community Hospitals
Antimicrobial stewardship has become standard practice at university medical centers, but the practice is more difficult to implement in remote community hospitals that lack infectious diseases trained practitioners. Starting in 2011, six community hospitals within the Vidant Health system began an antimicrobial stewardship program utilizing pharmacists who reviewed charts remotely from Vidant ...
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دوره 4 شماره
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تاریخ انتشار 2017