Editorial commentary: Improving prescribers to advance antimicrobial stewardship

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 60, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 1259-1261

  Wenzler, Eric ^a   Rodvold, Keith A ^a,b   Danziger, Larry H ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS   (United States)

Author keywords

antimicrobial stewardship; intervention; point of prescription; prescriber

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL SCHOOL; MEDICAL STUDENT; NOTE; PATIENT CARE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; DRUG UTILIZATION; STANDARDS;

ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; DRUG PRESCRIPTIONS; DRUG UTILIZATION; HUMANS;

EID: 84926625679     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: 15376591     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cid/civ021     Document Type: Note

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