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Implementation of a Standardized Protocol for Hospitalized Patients Who Inject Drugs and Require Long-Term Antibiotics Reduces Length of Stay Without Increasing 30-Day Readmissions
BACKGROUND: Injection drug use (IDU) is a growing epidemic, and persons who inject drugs (PWID) are at high risk for infection. IDU is a barrier to outpatient parenteral antimicrobial therapy (OPAT) and provider experience and knowledge may lead to variation in patient care. Recognizing this problem...
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| Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
| Lenguaje: | English |
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Oxford University Press
2017
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| Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5631226/ http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofx163.811 |