The perfect storm: respiratory viral surges and anti-infective shortages

Alan E Gross^{1

2}, Sarah Kabbani³, Jennifer Blumenthal^{4

5

6}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Pharmacy Practice, University of Illinois at Chicago College of Pharmacy, Chicago, Illinois.
² Hospital Pharmacy Services, University of Illinois Hospital and Health Sciences System, Chicago, Illinois.
³ Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia.
⁴ Division of Critical Care Medicine, Department of Anesthesiology, Critical Care and Pain Medicine, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts.
⁵ Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Pediatrics, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts.
⁶ Department of Anaesthesia, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts.

Editorial

Alan E Gross et al. Antimicrob Steward Healthc Epidemiol. 2023.

. 2023 May 4;3(1):e89.

doi: 10.1017/ash.2023.160. eCollection 2023.

Alan E Gross^{1

2}, Sarah Kabbani³, Jennifer Blumenthal^{4

5

6}

¹ Department of Pharmacy Practice, University of Illinois at Chicago College of Pharmacy, Chicago, Illinois.
² Hospital Pharmacy Services, University of Illinois Hospital and Health Sciences System, Chicago, Illinois.
³ Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia.
⁴ Division of Critical Care Medicine, Department of Anesthesiology, Critical Care and Pain Medicine, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts.
⁵ Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Pediatrics, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts.
⁶ Department of Anaesthesia, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts.

No abstract available

Conflict of interest statement

A.E.G. has served as a consultant for Becton Dickinson. S.K. and J.B. have nothing to disclose.

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