Carbapenemase screening in an Irish tertiary referral hospital: Best practice, or can we do better?
Summary: Background: Carbapenems are a family of end line antibiotics with increasing levels of resistance that are a cause for concern. Aim: To ascertain whether the CPE screening programme employed in an acute tertiary hospital is fit for purpose. Method: We outlined the current working algorithm...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2020-12-01
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| Series: | Infection Prevention in Practice |
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| Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2590088920300640 |