Antibiotic management teams in Belgian hospitals: continued improvement in the period from 2007 to 2011

European Journal of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 673-677

  Van Gastel, E ^a   Balligand, E ^a   Costers, M ^a   Magerman, K ^b  

^a Belgian Antibiotic Policy Coordinating Committee   (Belgium)

^b VIRGA JESSE HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BELGIAN; DRUG BIOAVAILABILITY; EMERGENCY CARE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE; BELGIUM; CASE MANAGEMENT; DRUG THERAPY; DRUG UTILIZATION; HEALTH CARE POLICY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; POLICY; PRESCRIPTION; QUESTIONNAIRE; STANDARDS;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BELGIUM; CASE MANAGEMENT; DRUG PRESCRIPTIONS; DRUG THERAPY; DRUG UTILIZATION; HEALTH POLICY; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; ORGANIZATIONAL POLICY; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84925516006     PISSN: 09349723     EISSN: 14354373     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10096-014-2279-4     Document Type: Article

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