Antimicrobial stewardship auditing of patients reviewed by infectious diseases physicians in a tertiary university hospital

Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Yeo, Chay L ^a   Wu, Jia E ^a   Chung, Gladys W ^a   Chan, Douglas S ^a   Chen, Hui H ^a   Hsu, Li Y ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY HEALTH SYSTEM   (Singapore)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial resistance; Antimicrobial stewardship; Compliance; Conflicts; Infectious diseases physicians

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANTIMICROBIAL STEWARDSHIP PROGRAM; ARTICLE; HEMATOLOGY; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITAL PHYSICIAN; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; INFECTIOUS DISEASE PHYSICIAN; MEDICAL AUDIT; MORTALITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ONCOLOGY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE;

EID: 84904069920     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20472994     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/2047-2994-2-29     Document Type: Article

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