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Targeting Hospitals for Antimicrobial Stewardship

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 May 2016

Tamar Lasky ,
Jay S. Greenspan  and
Frank R. Ernst
Tamar Lasky*
Affiliation:
Department of Pediatrics, Infectious Diseases Unit, University of Turin, Regina Margherita Children's Hospital, Turin, Italy
Jay S. Greenspan
Affiliation:
Department of Pediatrics, Jefferson Medical College/Nemours, A. I. duPont Hospital for Children, Wilmington, Delaware
Frank R. Ernst
Affiliation:
Premier Research Services, Premier Healthcare Alliance, Charlotte, North Carolina
*
MIE Resources, PO Box 532, Kingston, RI 02892 (tlasky@mie-epi.com)
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Letters to the Editor
Information
Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 35 , Issue 5 , May 2014 , pp. 595 - 596
Copyright
Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 2014

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