Impact of an Antimicrobial Stewardship Bloodstream Surveillance Program (BSP) in Hospitalized Patients

BACKGROUND: Bloodstream infections (BSI) in hospitalized patients represent sentinel events characterized by increased mortality. These infections represent an attractive stewardship opportunity because they warrant rapid initiation of empiric antimicrobial therapy, deft transition to directed (gram...

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Published in:Open Forum Infect Dis
Main Authors: Dow, Gordon, MacLaggan, Tim, Allard, Jacques
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: Oxford University Press 2017
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5630916/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofx163.1257
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