Taking action on antimicrobial resistance in a kenyan hospital: experience of a drug and therapeutics committee

• In: Pharmacy Information Section - Posters
• At: Beijing (China) (2007)
• Type: Poster
• Poster code: PI-P-016
• By: SHAH, Sital (Aga Khan University Hospital, Nairobi, Kenya)
• Co-author(s): Konduri, Niranjan (Management Sciences for Health, WASHINGTON, United States of America)
  Gunturu, Revathi (Aga Khan University Hospital, NAIROBI, Kenya)
  
• Abstract:

  Drug and Therapeutics Committees (DTC) are considered a key intervention in the World Health Organization Global Strategy for Containment of Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR). The DTC at Aga Khan University Hospital in Nairobi established a multidisciplinary Antimicrobial Subcommittee in February 2006 to focus on interventions to contain AMR. The DTC ..

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