Specialist trainees on rotation cannot replace dedicated consultant clinicians for antimicrobial stewardship of specialty disciplines

Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control

Volumn 1, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Yeo, Chay Leng ^a   Wu, Jia En ^a   Chung, Gladys Wei Teng ^a   Chan, Douglas Su Gin ^a   Fisher, Dale ^a   Hsu, Li Yang ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY HEALTH SYSTEM   (Singapore)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial resistance; Antimicrobial stewardship; Compliance; Trainee supervision

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; BETA LACTAM ANTIBIOTIC; BETA LACTAMASE INHIBITOR; CARBAPENEM DERIVATIVE; CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM; VANCOMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; CANCER PATIENT; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONSULTATION; DRUG DOSE ESCALATION; EDUCATION PROGRAM; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEMATOLOGY; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED PATIENT; LETTER; MEDICAL AUDIT; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; PATIENT CARE PLANNING; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEPSIS; SPECIALIZATION;

EID: 84887403490     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20472994     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/2047-2994-1-36     Document Type: Letter

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