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The Impact of an Infectious Diseases Specialist-Directed Computerized Physician Order Entry Antimicrobial Stewardship Program Targeting Linezolid Use

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

John Leander Po ,
Bao Q. Nguyen  and
Philip C. Carling
John Leander Po*
Affiliation:
Department of Medicine, Banner Estrella Medical Center, Phoenix, Arizona
Bao Q. Nguyen
Affiliation:
Department of Medicine, Banner Estrella Medical Center, Phoenix, Arizona
Philip C. Carling
Affiliation:
Infectious Diseases Section, Boston Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts, and Caritas Carney Medical Center, Dorchester, Massachusetts
*
Banner Estrella Medical Center, 9305 West Thomas Road, Suite 380, Phoenix, AZ 85037 ([email protected])
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Information
Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 33 , Issue 4: Special Topic Issue: Antimicrobial Stewardship , April 2012 , pp. 434 - 435
Copyright
Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 2012

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