Antimicrobial stewardship programme – from policies to practices: A survey of antimicrobial stewardship programme practices from 25 centres in India
Sanjay Bhattacharya, Vinitha Mary Joy, Gaurav Goel, Swapna R Nath, Shabina Santosh, Kalpana George, Ranganathan Iyer, Kavita Raja, A Uma, Aarti Gupta, Anitha Madhavan, Arindam Chakraborty, Barsha Sen, Beena Philomina, Dhruv K Mamtora, KP Dinoop, J Lancy, Mahua Dasgupta, Mannu R Jain, Mohd Tajuddin, Neethu Kishor, Prithi Nair, K Rejitha, Rekha N Nair, Sarada Devi, TS Shailaja, A Shilpa, Shoba Kurian, KV Suseela, SG Sagila
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Bhattacharya S, Joy VM, Goel G, Nath SR, Santosh S, George K, Iyer R, Raja K, Uma A, Gupta A, Madhavan A, Chakraborty A, Sen B, Philomina B, Mamtora DK, Dinoop K, Lancy J, Dasgupta M, Jain MR, Tajuddin M, Kishor N, Nair P, Rejitha K, Nair RN, Devi S, Shailaja T, Shilpa A, Kurian S, Suseela K, Sagila S. Antimicrobial stewardship programme – from policies to practices: A survey of antimicrobial stewardship programme practices from 25 centres in India. 2019; 21 (1):4-9.
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