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Improving Patient Safety Through Antibiotic Stewardship: The Veterans Health Administration Leads the Way, Again

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 April 2017

Arjun Srinivasan  and
Lisa E. Davidson
Arjun Srinivasan*
Affiliation:
Division of Healthcare Quality Promotions, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia
Lisa E. Davidson
Affiliation:
Carolinas HealthCare System, Charlotte, North Carolina
*
Address correspondence to Arjun Srinivasan, MD, FSHEA (CAPT, USPHS), Associate Director for Healthcare Associated Infection Prevention Programs, Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1600 Clifton Rd. MS A07, Atlanta, GA 30333 (beu8@cdc.gov).
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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 38 , Issue 5 , May 2017 , pp. 521 - 523
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© 2017 by The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America. All rights reserved 

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