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142. Frequency of Short-course Empiric Antibiotic Use as an Antimicrobial Stewardship Metric

BACKGROUND: Antimicrobial stewardship metrics that provide actionable guidance are needed to support efforts to improve hospital use of antibiotics. Antibiotics such as vancomycin and piperacillin/tazobactam are common empiric agents used frequently when the infectious process remains unknown. Thus...

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Autores principales: McGregor, Jessina C, McCracken, Caitlin M, Hohmann, Samuel F, Pakyz, Amy L
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7777923/
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofaa439.452