Maximizing cost savings and clinical outcomes: A retrospective analysis of antimicrobial stewardship for meropenem utilization in Saudi Arabia

• Rawan T. Tafish,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Pharmacy, Specialized Medical Hospitals, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

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• Reem Al-Zayer,

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Mohammed Al-Mana College for Medical Sciences, Dammam, Saudi Arabia

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• Faisal Al-Anazi,

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Pharmacy, Specialized Medical Hospitals, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

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• Jida Al-Mulki

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: Jida245@gmail.com

  Affiliation Department of Epidemiology and Population Health, American University of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4369-7795

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