150. Harvesting the Low Hanging Fruit: A Benchmarking Tool for Implementation of Intravenous to Oral Antibiotic Switch Programs in 14 Southeastern Community Hospitals Bronwen Garner, MD MPH; Yuliya Lokhnygina, MS, PhD; Elizabeth Dodds-Ashley, PharmD, MHS; Melissa Johnson, PharmD, MHS; Richard H. Drew, PharmD, MS, BCPS, FCCP; Angelina Davis, PharmD, MS; Daniel J. Sexton, MD, FIDSA, FSHEA; Deveri...

The Relationship Between Stigma, Sexual Risk Behavior and HIV Testing Among Men Who Have Sex with Men (MSM) in Kolkata, India by Bethany Linnea DiPrete Duke Global Health Institute Duke University Date:_______________________ Approved: ___________________________ Rae Jean Proeschold-Bell, Supervisor ___________________________ Lawrence Park ___________________________ Baishakhi Taylor An abstra...

The Battle and Landing of Normandy 1944 was four years in the making. General Dwight D. Eisenhower as Allied Commander wanted invasion Normandy, D-Day to be carried out immediately, but operation plan almost failed due bad weather. began with German conquest France Allies free from occupation. writing methodology uses a descriptive method by analyzing facts that occurred at supported literature...

1. Department of Ophthalmology, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham. NC.USA 4 2. Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science, Pratt School of 5 Engineering, Duke University. Durham. NC.USA 6 3. Centre for Neuroregeneration, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH16 4SB, United 7 Kingdom 8 4. Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Chevy Chase, MD 20815; Department of 9 Biochemistry...

LETTERS Hypoxaemia in children: " abnormal " values may be misleading Duke et al are to be commended for their interesting report aimed to determine normal oxygen saturation values in healthy infants and children and to assess the performance of clinical signs for predicting hypoxaemia in sick neonates and children with and without acute lower respiratory infections (ALRI). 1 Acute lower respir...

219. Characteristics of Antimicrobial Stewardship (AS) Activities in Community Hospitals Upon Enrollment in the Duke Antimicrobial Stewardship Outreach Network (DASON) Myra R. Hawkins, PharmD, BCPS (AQ-ID); Richard H. Drew, PharmD, MS, BCPS, FCCP; Sarah S. Lewis, MD; Deverick J. Anderson, MD, MPH, FSHEA; Daniel J. Sexton, MD, FIDSA; Rebekah W. Moehring, MD, MPH; Duke Antimicrobial Stewardship O...