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Use of microbiology tests in the era of increasing AMR rates– a multicentre hospital cohort study

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Published Online: 2019-02-04

Published Print: 2019-12

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Skodvin, Brita https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7377-8591
Wathne, Jannicke S.

Lindemann, P. Christoffer

Harthug, Stig

Nilsen, Roy M.

Charani, Esmita

Syre, Heidi

Kittang, Baard R.

Kleppe, Lars K. S.

Smith, Ingrid
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Received: 29 November 2018

Accepted: 29 January 2019

First Online: 4 February 2019

Ethics approval and consent to participate

: The Western Regional Committee for Medical and Health Research Ethics in Norway assessed the study, and concluded that no ethical approval was needed. The Committee approved the waiver of informed consent on the condition that all patients received written information about the study, with opportunity to withdraw from it (2013/1305). Data collection was also approved by The Data Protection Officer at all three hospitals (2013/9352).

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