Involving antimicrobial stewardship programs in COVID-19 response efforts: All hands on deck

Affiliations

¹ Healthcare Infection Prevention Program, Virginia Commonwealth University Health System, Richmond, Virginia.
² Infectious Diseases Section, Ann Arbor VA Medical Center, Ann Arbor, Michigan.
³ Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, New York.

Michael P Stevens et al. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2020 Jun.

. 2020 Jun;41(6):744-745.

doi: 10.1017/ice.2020.69.

¹ Healthcare Infection Prevention Program, Virginia Commonwealth University Health System, Richmond, Virginia.
² Infectious Diseases Section, Ann Arbor VA Medical Center, Ann Arbor, Michigan.
³ Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, New York.

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Pandemic stewardship: Reflecting on new roles and contributions of antimicrobial stewardship programs during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic.
Nori P, Patel PK, Stevens MP. Nori P, et al. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2022 Aug;43(8):1085-1086. doi: 10.1017/ice.2021.172. Epub 2021 Apr 16. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2022. PMID: 33858532 Free PMC article. No abstract available.

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