Diagnostic Stewardship for Healthcare-Associated Infections: Opportunities and Challenges to Safely Reduce Test Use

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2018, Pages 214-218

  Madden, Gregory R ^a   Weinstein, Robert A ^b   Sifri, Costi D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^b RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIAGNOSTIC STEWARDSHIP; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; HEALTHCARE ASSOCIATED INFECTION; HUMAN; NOTE; PATIENT SAFETY; ANTIMICROBIAL STEWARDSHIP; CROSS INFECTION; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STANDARDS; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; UNITED STATES;

ANTIMICROBIAL STEWARDSHIP; CROSS INFECTION; DIAGNOSTIC TESTS, ROUTINE; EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICE; HUMANS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 85044253911     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: 15596834     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/ice.2017.278     Document Type: Note

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