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Impact of piperacillin-tazobactam shortage on meropenem use: implications for antimicrobial stewardship programs

Drug shortages pose a clear detriment to antimicrobial stewardship (AS) efforts. Our objective was to evaluate the effect of a piperacillin-tazobactam shortage on meropenem use, related costs, and associated changes in AS activity. A quasi-experimental quality improvement review compared adult patie...

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Autores principales: Barber, Katie E., Bell, Allison M., Travis King, S., Parham, Jason J., Stover, Kayla R.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9427554/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27609214
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.bjid.2016.08.001