Clinical vignettes provide an understanding of antibiotic prescribing practices in neonatal intensive care units

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 597-602

  Patel, Sameer ^a   Landers, Timothy ^b   Larson, Elaine ^a   Zaoutis, Theoklis ^c   Delamora, Patricia ^d   Paul, David A ^e,f   Wong McLoughlin, Jennifer ^a   Ferng, Yu Hui ^a   Saiman, Lisa ^a,g  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^d WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^e THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f CHRISTIANA HOSPITAL   (United States)

^g NEW YORK PRESBYTERIAN HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEPHALOSPORIN; OXACILLIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMPREHENSION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; NECROTIZING ENTEROCOLITIS; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; PHYSICIAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRESCRIPTION; VIGNETTE; WORK EXPERIENCE;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; DATA COLLECTION; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; HOSPITALISTS; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE, NEONATAL; NURSE PRACTITIONERS; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS;

EID: 79957959068     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/660102     Document Type: Article

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