Effect of communication errors during calls to an antimicrobial stewardship program

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 28, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 1374-1381

  Linkin, Darren R ^a,b,c   Fishman, Neil O ^a   Landis, J Richard ^a   Barton, Todd D ^a   Gluckman, Steven ^a   Kostman, Jay ^a   Metlay, Joshua P ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c 809 Blockley Hall ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ACCURACY; ADULT; AGED; ANALYTICAL ERROR; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; FEMALE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CODING; COHORT ANALYSIS; DRUG USE; EVALUATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PUBLICATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS; TELEPHONE;

ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; COHORT STUDIES; COMMUNICATION; DRUG UTILIZATION REVIEW; FORMULARIES, HOSPITAL; HUMANS; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TELEPHONE;

EID: 38449123504     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/523861     Document Type: Article

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