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Dale W. Bratzler,E. Patchen Dellinger,Keith M. Olsen,Trish M. Perl,Paul G. Auwaerter,Maureen K. Bolon,Douglas N. Fish,Douglas N. Fish,Lena M. Napolitano,Robert G. Sawyer,Douglas Slain,James P. Steinberg,Robert A. Weinstein +12 more
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These guidelines were developed jointly by the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP), the Infectious Diseases Society of America, the Surgical Infection Society (SIS), and the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America (SHEA).Abstract:
These guidelines were developed jointly by the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP), the Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA), the Surgical Infection Society (SIS), and the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America (SHEA). This work represents an update to theread more
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