Reality check: How should we control antimicrobial use? Current practices and controversies

B. Coignard; J. D. Siegel; R. A. Weinstein; A. H. Sohn; R. L. Sinkowitz-Cochran; W. R. Jarvis

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Reality check: How should we control antimicrobial use? Current practices and controversies

B. Coignard, J. D. Siegel, R. A. Weinstein, A. H. Sohn, R. L. Sinkowitz-Cochran, W. R. Jarvis

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The infectious diseases community shares a wide consensus about the need for control of antimicrobial use. However, current practices toward this goal remain controversial. This "Reality Check" session assessed attendees of the 4th Decennial Conference regarding their knowledge and practices about control of antimicrobial use in hospitals.

Original language	English (US)
Article number	04449
Pages (from-to)	792-795
Number of pages	4
Journal	Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology
Volume	21
Issue number	12
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1086/501733
State	Published - 2000

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Microbiology (medical)
Infectious Diseases

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