Prevalence and characteristics of antimicrobial stewardship programs at freestanding children's hospitals in the United States

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 265-271

  Newland, Jason G ^a   Gerber, Jeffrey S ^b   Weissman, Scott J ^c,d   Shah, Samir S ^e,f   Turgeon, Chelsea ^a   Hedican, Erin B ^a   Thurm, Cary ^g   Hall, Matt ^g   Courter, Joshua ^e   Brogan, Thomas V ^c,d   Maples, Holly ^h   Lee, Brian R ^a   Hersh, Adam L ⁱ  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI KANSAS CITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

^c SEATTLE CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e CINCINNATI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^g CHILDREN S HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

CHILD; DRUG USE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PREVALENCE; PROCEDURES; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CHILD; DATA COLLECTION; DRUG UTILIZATION REVIEW; FEEDBACK; HOSPITALS, PEDIATRIC; HUMANS; PREVALENCE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84893902106     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/675277     Document Type: Article

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