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Optimizing Antibiotic Use in Nursing Homes Through Antibiotic Stewardship

Philip D. Sloane, Kirk Huslage, Christine E. Kistler and Sheryl Zimmerman
North Carolina Medical Journal September 2016, 77 (5) 324-329; DOI: https://doi.org/10.18043/ncm.77.5.324
Philip D. Sloane
Elizabeth and Oscar Goodwin Distinguished Professor of Family Medicine at the School of Medicine and co-director of the Program on Aging, Disability and Long-Term Care of the Cecil G. Sheps Center for Health Services Research at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
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Kirk Huslage
former associate director of the North Carolina Statewide Program for Infection Control and Epidemiology at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. He is currently the clinical operations director of infection prevention and epidemiology at Duke University Hospitals
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Christine E. Kistler
assistant professor of family medicine at the School of Medicine, medical director of the UNC REACH Home Visit Program, and a member of the Program on Aging, Disability and Long-Term Care of the Cecil G. Sheps Center for Health Services Research at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
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Sheryl Zimmerman
University Kenan Distinguished Professor and associate dean in the School of Social Work, and co-director of the Program on Aging, Disability and Long-Term Care of the Cecil G. Sheps Center for Health Services Research at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
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