Poorly Collected Specimens May Have a Negative Impact on Your Antibiotic Stewardship Program
| Autor: | J. Michael Miller |
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| Rok vydání: | 2016 |
| Předmět: |
0301 basic medicine
Microbiology (medical) medicine.medical_specialty Medical staff business.industry 030106 microbiology Environmental resource management 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Infectious Diseases medicine Antibiotic Stewardship Antimicrobial stewardship Legal responsibility 030212 general & internal medicine Intensive care medicine business |
| Zdroj: | Clinical Microbiology Newsletter. 38:43-48 |
| ISSN: | 0196-4399 |
| Popis: | It is the legal responsibility of the microbiology laboratory to develop and implement specimen management policies that are supported by the medical staff and the antimicrobial stewardship committee. These policies will promote the production of microbiology results that are accurate, significant, and clinically relevant and will reduce the potential for inaccurate and misleading results that lead to misdiagnosis and inappropriate therapy. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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