Diagnostic Stewardship for Healthcare-Associated Infections: Opportunities and Challenges to Safely Reduce Test Use
Open Access
- 14 January 2018
- journal article
- editorial
- Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) in Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology
- Vol. 39 (2), 214-218
- https://doi.org/10.1017/ice.2017.278
Abstract
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