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Antimicrobial Stewardship and Infection Prevention—Leveraging the Synergy: A Position Paper Update

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 March 2018

Mary Lou Manning*
Affiliation:
College of Nursing, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Edward J. Septimus
Affiliation:
Clinical Services Group, Hospital Corporation of America, Inc., Houston, Texas
Elizabeth S. Dodds Ashley
Affiliation:
Department of Medicine, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina
Sara E. Cosgrove
Affiliation:
Department of Antimicrobial Stewardship, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Mayland
Mohamad G. Fakih
Affiliation:
Center of Excellence for Antimicrobial Stewardship and Infection Prevention, Ascension Health, St. Louis, Missouri
Steve J. Schweon
Affiliation:
Steven J. Schweon, LLC, Saylorsburg, Pennsylvania
Frank E. Myers
Affiliation:
Infection Prevention and Clinical Epidemiology, University of California, San Diego Healthcare Systems, San Diego, California
Julia A. Moody
Affiliation:
Clinical Services Group, Hospital Corporation of America, Inc., Nashville, Tennessee
*
Address correspondence to Mary Lou Manning, PhD, CRNP, CIC, FSHEA, FAPIC, Thomas Jefferson University College of Nursing, 901 Walnut St, Rm 814, Philadelphia, PA 19107 (marylouman@gmail.com).

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