Improving antibiotic stewardship by involving nurses

American Journal of Infection Control

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 365-367

  Gillespie, Elizabeth ^a   Rodrigues, Anne ^a   Wright, Louise ^a   Williams, Natalie ^a   Stuart, Rhonda L ^b  

^a Infection Control and Epidemiology Unit   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Clean without chemicals; Environment; Gastroenteritis; Outbreak

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERVENTION STUDY; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL STAFF; NORMAL HUMAN; NURSE; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSING KNOWLEDGE;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; DRUG THERAPY; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, CONTINUING; HUMANS; NURSES; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE;

EID: 84875503664     PISSN: 01966553     EISSN: 15273296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajic.2012.04.336     Document Type: Article

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