Intensive Care Unit Probiotic Utilization Rates: When Committee Recommendations and Physician Utilization Diverge

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 38, Issue 8, 2017, Pages 1011-1013

  Berry, Andrew C ^a   Learned, Meghan ^b   Garland, Jeffery ^b   Berry, Lauryn ^b   Rodriguez, Sonia ^b   Scott, Benjamin ^b   Berry, Bruce B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH ALABAMA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Wheaton Franciscan Healthcare   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROBIOTIC AGENT;

ANTIBIOTIC ASSOCIATED DIARRHEA; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE INFECTION; DRUG UTILIZATION; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LETTER; PHYSICIAN; PRIMARY PREVENTION; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLOSTRIDIUM INFECTION; INTENSIVE CARE; MEDICAL SOCIETY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES;

CLOSTRIDIUM INFECTIONS; CRITICAL CARE; DRUG UTILIZATION; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PRACTICE PATTERNS, PHYSICIANS'; PROBIOTICS; SOCIETIES, MEDICAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 85020629339     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: 15596834     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/ice.2017.117     Document Type: Letter

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