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Good Antimicrobial Stewardship in the Hospital Fitting, but Flagrantly Flagging

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Dale N. Gerding
Dale N. Gerding*
Affiliation:
Medical Service, Veterans' Affairs Chicago Healthcare System—Lakeside Division and Department of Medicine, Northwestern University Medical School, Chicago, Illinos
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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 21 , Issue 4 , April 2000 , pp. 253 - 255
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Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 2000

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