Antimicrobial stewardship barriers and goals in pediatric oncology and bone marrow transplantation: A survey of antimicrobial stewardship practitioners

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 343-347

  Wolf, Joshua ^a,b   Sun, Yilun ^a   Tang, Li ^a   Newland, Jason G ^c   Gerber, Jeffrey S ^d   Van Dyke, Christie J ^e   Hymes, Saul R ^f   Yu, Diana , ^c   Carias, Delia C ^a   Bryant, Penelope A ^g  

^a ST JUDE CHILDREN S RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^c CHILDREN S MERCY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

^e HELEN DEVOS CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^f STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ARTICLE; BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION; CANCER THERAPY; CHILDHOOD CANCER; HEALTH SURVEY; HEMATOLOGY; HUMAN; MOTIVATION; ONCOLOGY; ADOLESCENT; AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; INFANT; INFECTION CONTROL; NEWBORN; NORTH AMERICA; PEDIATRICS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROCEDURES; PROGRAM EVALUATION; QUESTIONNAIRE; STANDARDS; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADOLESCENT; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; AUSTRALASIA; BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; GOALS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFECTION CONTROL; LOGISTIC MODELS; MEDICAL ONCOLOGY; NORTH AMERICA; PEDIATRICS; PROGRAM EVALUATION; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84959252073     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: 15596834     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/ice.2015.295     Document Type: Article

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