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Perspectives on antimicrobial use at the end of life among antibiotic stewardship programs: A survey of the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America Research Network

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 July 2019

Rupak Datta*
Affiliation:
Section of Infectious Diseases, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut
Jeffrey Topal
Affiliation:
Section of Infectious Diseases, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut Department of Pharmacy Services, Yale New Haven Hospital, New Haven, Connecticut
Dayna McManus
Affiliation:
Department of Pharmacy Services, Yale New Haven Hospital, New Haven, Connecticut
Louise-Marie Dembry
Affiliation:
Section of Infectious Diseases, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut Department of Epidemiology of Microbial Diseases, Yale School of Public Health, New Haven, Connecticut
Vincent Quagliarello
Affiliation:
Section of Infectious Diseases, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut
Manisha Juthani-Mehta
Affiliation:
Section of Infectious Diseases, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut Department of Epidemiology of Microbial Diseases, Yale School of Public Health, New Haven, Connecticut
on behalf of the SHEA Research Network
Affiliation:
Section of Infectious Diseases, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut Department of Pharmacy Services, Yale New Haven Hospital, New Haven, Connecticut Department of Epidemiology of Microbial Diseases, Yale School of Public Health, New Haven, Connecticut
*
Author for correspondence: Rupak Datta, E-mail: [email protected]

Abstract

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© 2019 by The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America. All rights reserved. 

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