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Review
. 2014 Feb;58(3):401-6.
doi: 10.1093/cid/cit710. Epub 2013 Oct 25.

Implementing a strategy for monitoring inpatient antimicrobial use among hospitals in the United States

Scott K Fridkin  1 , Arjun Srinivasan
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Review

Implementing a strategy for monitoring inpatient antimicrobial use among hospitals in the United States

Scott K Fridkin et al. Clin Infect Dis. 2014 Feb.

Abstract

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is pursuing 3 distinct, complementary efforts focused on providing data for action, including facility-level use metrics for benchmarking across comparable patient care settings, national estimates of usage patterns using sentinel surveillance sites, and limited assessments using proprietary data.

Keywords: antibiotic resistance; antibiotic stewardship; antibiotic use; healthcare-associated infections; patient safety; surveillance.

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