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If Not Now, When? Seizing the Moment for Antibiotic Stewardship

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Lori A. Pollack ,
Carolyn V. Gould  and
Arjun Srinivasan
Lori A. Pollack*
Affiliation:
Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia
Carolyn V. Gould
Affiliation:
Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia
Arjun Srinivasan
Affiliation:
Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia
*
1600 Clifton Road, Mailstop A-07, Atlanta, GA 30333 ([email protected])
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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 34 , Issue 2 , February 2013 , pp. 117 - 118
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Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 2013 

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