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Understanding reasons clinicians obtained endotracheal aspirate cultures and impact on patient management to inform diagnostic stewardship initiatives

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 December 2019

Anna C. Sick-Samuels Open the ORCID record for Anna C. Sick-Samuels [Opens in a new window] ,
James C. Fackler ,
Sean M. Berenholtz  and
Aaron M. Milstone
Anna C. Sick-Samuels*
Affiliation:
Department of Pediatrics, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland Department of Hospital Epidemiology and Infection Control, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, Maryland
James C. Fackler
Affiliation:
Department of Anesthesia and Critical Care Medicine, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland
Sean M. Berenholtz
Affiliation:
Department of Anesthesia and Critical Care Medicine, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland Armstrong Institute for Patient Safety and Quality, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland Department of Health Policy and Management, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland
Aaron M. Milstone
Affiliation:
Department of Pediatrics, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland Department of Hospital Epidemiology and Infection Control, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, Maryland
*
Author for correspondence: Anna Sick-Samuels, E-mail: asick1@jhmi.edu
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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 41 , Issue 2 , February 2020 , pp. 240 - 242
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© 2019 by The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America. All rights reserved.

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PREVIOUS PRESENTATION: Portions of these results were presented in a poster abstract at IDWeek 2018 on October 6, 2018, San Francisco, California.

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