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Applying the Horizontal and Vertical Paradigm to Antimicrobial Stewardship

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 April 2017

Payal K. Patel
Payal K. Patel*
Affiliation:
Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, Michigan; and Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, Ann Arbor VA Healthcare System, Ann Arbor, Michigan
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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 38 , Issue 5 , May 2017 , pp. 532 - 533
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© 2017 by The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America. All rights reserved 

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