Attitudes towards antimicrobial stewardship: Results from a large private hospital in Australia

Healthcare Infection

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 89-94

  Cotta, Menino O ^a,b   Robertson, Megan S ^c   Tacey, Mark ^b   Marshall, Caroline ^a,b   Thursky, Karin A ^a   Liew, Danny ^b   Buising, Kirsty L ^a  

^a PETER DOHERTY INSTITUTE FOR INFECTION AND IMMUNITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c EPWORTH HEALTHCARE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ANESTHESIST; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIMICROBIAL STEWARDSHIP; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; EXPERIENCE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; LIKERT SCALE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; NURSE ATTITUDE; PATIENT CARE; PHARMACIST ATTITUDE; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRESCRIPTION; PRIVATE HOSPITAL; PROTOCOL COMPLIANCE; SURGEON;

EID: 84906852968     PISSN: 18355617     EISSN: 18355625     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/HI14008     Document Type: Article

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