Can antibiotic De-escalation Be Measured Without Chart Review? A Proposed Electronic Definition
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959. Communicating Microbiology Results. It’s Not Just What You Say, But How You Say It Mary Musgrove, PharmD; Rachel M Kenney, PharmD; Ronald Kendall, PharmD; Robert Tibbetts, PhD D(ABMM), F(CCM); Linoj Samuel, PhD., D(ABMM); Mike Peters, PharmD, BCPS; Susan Davis, PharmD; Pharmacy, Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, Michigan; Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, Michigan; Henry Ford Wyandotte Hospital, Wyandotte, Michigan; Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, Michigan; Microbiology, Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, Michigan; Henry Ford Health System, CFP#3, Michigan
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