Antimicrobial stewardship: The next big thing?

Annals of the Academy of Medicine Singapore

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 1-3

  Wong, Sin Yew ^a   Allen, David Michael ^b  

^a Infectious Diseases Partners Pte Ltd   (Singapore)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC STEWARDSHIP; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; COST CONTROL; DRUG CONTROL; DRUG COST; DRUG USE; EDITORIAL; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; MEDICAL AUDIT; PATIENT SAFETY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRESCRIPTION; SINGAPORE; STAFF TRAINING;

EID: 84856982876     PISSN: 03044602     EISSN: 29724066     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Editorial

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