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An Evaluation of Compliance with an Antibiotic Policy in Surgical Wards at a General Teaching Hospital in Northern Ireland

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Mamoon A. Aldeyab ,
Salah M. Elshibly ,
James C. McElnay ,
Elizabeth Davies ,
Michael G. Scott ,
Fidelma A. Magee ,
Paul Leyden  and
Mary P. Kearney
Mamoon A. Aldeyab
Affiliation:
Clinical and Practice Research Group, School of Pharmacy, Queen's University Belfast, Belfast
Salah M. Elshibly
Affiliation:
Antrim Area Hospital, Northern Trust, Antrim, Northern Ireland
James C. McElnay
Affiliation:
Clinical and Practice Research Group, School of Pharmacy, Queen's University Belfast, Belfast
Elizabeth Davies
Affiliation:
Antrim Area Hospital, Northern Trust, Antrim, Northern Ireland
Michael G. Scott
Affiliation:
Antrim Area Hospital, Northern Trust, Antrim, Northern Ireland
Fidelma A. Magee
Affiliation:
Antrim Area Hospital, Northern Trust, Antrim, Northern Ireland
Paul Leyden
Affiliation:
Antrim Area Hospital, Northern Trust, Antrim, Northern Ireland
Mary P. Kearney*
Affiliation:
Antrim Area Hospital, Northern Trust, Antrim, Northern Ireland
*
Antrim Area Hospital, Northern Trust, 45 Bush Road, Antrim BT42 2RL, Northern Ireland (paddy.kearney@northerntrust.hscni.net)
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Information
Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 30 , Issue 9 , September 2009 , pp. 921 - 922
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Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 2009

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