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Reducing carbapenem prescribing in high-use settings: it is possible, and it is good to talk

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  1. Nuffield Department of Medicine, John Radcliffe Hospital, University of Oxford, Headley Way, Oxford, OX3 9DU, UK

    Nicola Jane Fawcett

  2. Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, John Radcliffe Hospital, Headley Way, Oxford, OX3 9DU, UK

    Nicola Jane Fawcett

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Nicola Fawcett is supported by a Medical Research Council UK Clinical Research Training Fellowship [MR/M003736/1].

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Fawcett, N.J. Reducing carbapenem prescribing in high-use settings: it is possible, and it is good to talk. Intern Emerg Med 13, 1179–1180 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11739-018-1959-y

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