In the Q1 2015 issue of HealthTrust Purchasing Group’s member magazine, The Source, I explored the innovative methods members of Boston Medical Center’s pharmacy-based antimicrobial stewardship team have used to prevent the costly hospital-acquired infection C. diff. In addition to writing a main article about the program and its results, I also gave my editor a value-add: a sidebar outlining ways any hospital, not just a big, well-funded one like Boston Medical Center, can incorporate antimicrobial stewardship.

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