Reviewed by Sonali Advani, MBBS, MPH; Duke University School of Medicine Traditional surveillance methods involve manual chart review and subjective implementation of multidimensional definitions which…

Reviewed by: Scott Curry, MD; Medical University of South Carolina Authors from Beth Israel Deaconess examined outcomes for a retrospective cohort of 209 patients with C.…

Reviewed by Lauren M. DiBiase, MS; University of North Carolina Hospitals Marx et al. summarize results of a market research study to assess the perceived…

Reviewed by Cynthia T. Nguyen, PharmD; University of Chicago Medicine Palms and colleagues evaluated antibiotic prescribing in retail clinics, emergency departments (EDs), urgent care centers,…

Reviewed by Emily S. Spivak, MD, MHS; University of Utah School of Medicine and John A. Sellick, DO, MS; University at Buffalo Jacobs School of…

Reviewed by: Joseph Ting, MBBS MPH; University of British Columbia and Rupak Datta, MD PhD; Yale School of Medicine According to two recent international studies,…

Reviewed by: Valeria Fabre, MD, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine Antibiotic stewardship (AS) interventions have traditionally focused on the inpatient setting and carried out…

Reviewed by: Rossana Rosa MD; UnityPoint Health Two recent articles describe national strategies to control and prevent outbreaks. The first article by Patel et al.…

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