Today, on the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)s Safe Healthcare Blog, Adam L. Hersh, MD, PhD, an assistant professor of pediatrics at the University of Utah, discusses the importance of antibiotic certainty and offers resources for improving appropriate antibiotic use in healthcare settings to mark Get Smart About Antibiotics Week, Nov. 18-24, 2013.
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