Korean J healthc assoc Infect Control Prev.  2022 Dec;27(2):177-178. 10.14192/kjicp.2022.27.2.177.

Stray Thoughts about the Slope

• Bae IG

• KMID: 2537079
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.14192/kjicp.2022.27.2.177

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  Fig. 1 Carbapenem-resistant Enterobacterales (CRE) study with change in both slope (ie, trend) and level (ie, immediate change) from pre-intervention to post-intervention.

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