Computer Surveillance of Hospital-Acquired Infections and Antibiotic Use

JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association

Volumn 256, Issue 8, 1986, Pages 1007-1011

  Evans, R Scott ^a   Larsen, Robert A ^a   Burke, John P ^a   Gardner, Reed M ^a   Meier, Frederick A ^a   Jacobson, Jay A ^a   Conti, Marlyn T ^a   Jacobson, Julie T ^a   Hulse, Russell K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEPHALOSPORIN; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CLINDAMYCIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; PENICILLIN G; SULFAMETHOXAZOLE; TETRACYCLINE; TOBRAMYCIN; TRIMETHOPRIM;

CASE REPORT; COMPUTER; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; DRUG COMPARISON; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG INDICATION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; PRELIMINARY COMMUNICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING; CROSS INFECTION; DRUG UTILIZATION; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; MEDICAL RECORDS; PREMEDICATION; UTAH;

EID: 84944371864     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.1986.03380080053027     Document Type: Article

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