Reducing Vancomycin Use Utilizing a Computer Guideline: Results of a Randomized Controlled Trial
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- 1 November 1998
- journal article
- clinical trial
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association
- Vol. 5 (6) , 554-562
- https://doi.org/10.1136/jamia.1998.0050554
Abstract
Background: Vancomycin-resistant enterococci represent an increasingly important cause of nosocomial infections. Minimizing vancomycin use representsKeywords
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