Involving antimicrobial stewardship programs in COVID-19 response efforts: All hands on deck

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 2020, Pages 744-745

  Stevens, Michael P ^a   Patel, Payal K ^b   Nori, Priya ^c  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VA ANN ARBOR HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^c ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ADULT RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; ANTIMICROBIAL STEWARDSHIP; BACTERIAL PNEUMONIA; CORONAVIRUS DISEASE 2019; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY RESPONSE TIME; EPIDEMIC; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL MONITORING; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; LETTER; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME CORONAVIRUS 2; TREATMENT OUTCOME; BETACORONAVIRUS; CORONAVIRUS INFECTION; DISASTER PLANNING; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PANDEMIC; VIRUS PNEUMONIA;

ANTIMICROBIAL STEWARDSHIP; BETACORONAVIRUS; CORONAVIRUS INFECTIONS; DISASTER PLANNING; HUMANS; PANDEMICS; PNEUMONIA, VIRAL;

EID: 85082195288     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: 15596834     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/ice.2020.69     Document Type: Letter

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