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. 2024 Oct 7:387:e077927.
doi: 10.1136/bmj-2023-077927.

Protecting healthcare and patient pathways from infection and antimicrobial resistance

Derek Cocker  1 , Richard Fitzgerald  2   3 , Colin S Brown  4   5 , Alison Holmes  6   5
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Protecting healthcare and patient pathways from infection and antimicrobial resistance

Derek Cocker et al. BMJ. .

Abstract

Innovative whole system approaches to integrate research and novel technologies within patient pathways are needed to target antibiotic use, minimise healthcare associated infections, and adapt to novel pathogens, write Derek Cocker and colleagues

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Conflict of interest statement

Competing interests: We have read and understood BMJ policy on declaration of interests and have no conflicts of interest to declare. Provenance and peer review: Commissioned; externally peer reviewed.

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