Concurrent Antibiotic Review Programs--A Role for Infectious Diseases Specialists at Small Community Hospitals
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- 1 September 2003
- journal article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Clinical Infectious Diseases
- Vol. 37 (5) , 742-743
- https://doi.org/10.1086/377286
Abstract
SIR—The recent article by Petrak et al. [1] cites examples of antibiotic-utilization programs developed by infectious diseases (ID) specialists at either academic [2] or large urban medical centers [3]. We developed a concurrent antibiotic review program, similar to that reported by Fraser et al. [4], which resulted in significant cost savings and improved antibiotic utilization at our 120-bed community hospital.Keywords
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