A computer-assisted management program for antibiotics and other antiinfective agents.

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Published in N Engl J Med on January 22, 1998

Authors

R S Evans1, S L Pestotnik, D C Classen, T P Clemmer, L K Weaver, J F Orme, J F Lloyd, J P Burke

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Clinical Epidemiology, LDS Hospital, Salt Lake City, UT 84143, USA.

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