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“Nudging” in microbiological reports: a strategy to improve prescribing

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  1. Department of Intensive Care Medicine, University Hospital Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany

    J. Katchanov & S. Kluge

  2. Institute of Medical Microbiology and Hospital Hygiene, Heinrich-Heine-University Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, Germany

    C. R. MacKenzie & Achim J. Kaasch

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A.J.K. received grants from the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft and Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung. A.J.K. received payments for lectures from BD Biosciences, bioMérieux, MSD Sharp & Dohme, Limbach Gruppe SE, and ViiV Healthcare; A.J.K. received travel support from Janssen-Cilag. S.K. received grants from the NovaLung und Pfizer. S.K. received payments for lectures from Astellas, Basilea, Biotest, Cytosorbents, Gambro, Gilead, MSD, NovaLung, Pfizer, Orion, Sedana, Sorin, Thermo Fisher Scientific, and for advisory activities from AMOMED, Astellas, Cubist, Gambro, Gilead, MSD, NovaLung, Novartis, and Pfizer. The other authors declare that they have no competing interests.

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Katchanov, J., Kluge, S., MacKenzie, C.R. et al. “Nudging” in microbiological reports: a strategy to improve prescribing. Infection 45, 123–127 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s15010-016-0938-3

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