Understanding reasons clinicians obtained endotracheal aspirate cultures and impact on patient management to inform diagnostic stewardship initiatives

Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2020 Feb;41(2):240-242. doi: 10.1017/ice.2019.347.

Anna C Sick-Samuels^{1

2}, James C Fackler³, Sean M Berenholtz^{3

4

5}, Aaron M Milstone^{1

2}

¹ Department of Pediatrics, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland.
² Department of Hospital Epidemiology and Infection Control, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, Maryland.
³ Department of Anesthesia and Critical Care Medicine, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland.
⁴ Armstrong Institute for Patient Safety and Quality, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland.
⁵ Department of Health Policy and Management, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland.

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