Toolkit for Reduction of Clostridium difficile Infections Through Antimicrobial Stewardship.

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Toolkit for Reduction of Clostridium difficile Infections Through Antimicrobial Stewardship.

October 31, 2012

Boston University School of Public Health. Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; September 2012. AHRQ Publication No. 120082EF.

This toolkit will help hospitals reduce Clostridium difficile infections by developing a stewardship initiative to prevent antimicrobial misuse.

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