PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Rice, Louis B.
TI  - Controlling antibiotic resistance in the ICU: Different bacteria, different strategies
DP  - 2003 Sep 01
TA  - Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine
PG  - 793--800
VI  - 70
IP  - 9
4099  - http://www.ccjm.org/content/70/9/793.short
4100  - http://www.ccjm.org/content/70/9/793.full
SO  - Cleve Clin J Med2003 Sep 01; 70
AB  - To reduce antimicrobial resistance in the intensive care unit, hospitals are developing strategies such as improving infection control, adhering to prescribed formularies, requiring prior approval for using certain antibiotics, setting limits on the duration of antimicrobial therapy, and rotating the use of antimicrobial drugs on a regular schedule. Each strategy has theoretical benefits and limitations, but good data on their efficacy in controlling antimicrobial resistance are limited.