Open Access168The Positive Blood Culture as a Stewardship Opportunity: Time to Appropriate and "Best Therapy" is a Useful Quality Gauge Across an Acute Care Hospital
Author(s) -
Lynora Saxinger,
Stephanie De Champlain,
Micheal Guirguis
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
open forum infectious diseases
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.546
H-Index - 35
ISSN - 2328-8957
DOI - 10.1093/ofid/ofu052.34
Subject(s) - medicine , blood culture , stewardship (theology) , antimicrobial stewardship , intensive care medicine , gauge (firearms) , acute care , quality (philosophy) , culture change , quality management , nursing , emergency medicine , medical emergency , operations management , health care , antibiotics , microbiology and biotechnology , philosophy , law , history , archaeology , biology , antibiotic resistance , epistemology , political science , politics , social science , economic growth , sociology , management system , economics