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. 2022 Aug 18;2(1):e142.
doi: 10.1017/ash.2022.275. eCollection 2022.

Improving understanding and utilization of the antibiogram among medical residents

Stephen J Cooper  1 , Christopher J Destache  2   3 , Renuga Vivekanandan  1   2
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Improving understanding and utilization of the antibiogram among medical residents

Stephen J Cooper et al. Antimicrob Steward Healthc Epidemiol. .

Abstract

In this quality improvement project, we sought to increase the understanding and utilization of the antibiogram among physicians in family medicine, internal medicine, and surgery residency programs at a Midwest Academic Healthcare institution. Through simple, inexpensive measures the comfort with, access to, and utilization of the antibiogram can be improved.

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