A multicenter study on optimizing piperacillin-tazobactam use: Lessons on why interventions fail

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 30, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 794-796

  Gaynes, Robert P ^a,b,c   Gould, Carolyn V ^a,b   Edwards, Jonathan ^a   Antoine, Theresa L ^a   Blumberg, Henry M ^b   DeSilva, Kathryn ^c   King, Mark ^b   Kraman, Alice ^d   Pack, Jan ^e,f   Ribner, Bruce ^b,e,f   Seybold, Ulrich ^g   Steinberg, James ^b,d   Jernigan, John A ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR EMERGING AND ZOONOTIC INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c ATLANTA VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d GRADY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f EMORY UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG USE; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INFECTION; LENGTH OF STAY; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MORTALITY; PRESCRIPTION; TREATMENT FAILURE;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; DRUG UTILIZATION; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HOSPITALS, VETERANS; HUMANS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; PENICILLANIC ACID; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PIPERACILLIN;

EID: 67651113948     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/599002     Document Type: Article

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