Cost reduction with successful implementation of an antibiotic prophylaxis program in a private hospital in Ribeirão Preto, Brazil

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 77-79

  Schmidt, Jorge G ^a  

^a HOSPITAL SÃO FRANCISCO   (Brazil)

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EID: 1342280313     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/501543     Document Type: Article

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