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Improvements Following an Easy and Inexpensive Quality Assurance Program on the Usage of Antibiotics In the Emergency Room Setting

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Frank V. Porco
Affiliation:
Department of Ambulatory Services, Emergency Service andInfectious Disease Section, Lutheran Medical Center, Brooklyn, New York
Pascal J. de Caprariis
Affiliation:
Department of Ambulatory Services, Emergency Service andInfectious Disease Section, Lutheran Medical Center, Brooklyn, New York
Virginia Anderson
Affiliation:
Department of Ambulatory Services, Emergency Service andInfectious Disease Section, Lutheran Medical Center, Brooklyn, New York
Enriqueta C. Leong
Affiliation:
Department of Ambulatory Services, Emergency Service andInfectious Disease Section, Lutheran Medical Center, Brooklyn, New York
Ernest B. Visconti
Affiliation:
Department of Ambulatory Services, Emergency Service andInfectious Disease Section, Lutheran Medical Center, Brooklyn, New York
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Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 1987

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