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barriers and after all the collaborative process, HAITooL
turns to be unquestionably an important step forward
to reduce antibiotic misuse and to control and prevent
antibiotic-resistant HAI.
Acknowledgement
Authors thanks to all healthcare workers that partici-
pate in HAITooL project and contribute to the informa-
tion system design and implementation, as well as the
technical support team, Qlik and AdminSaúde. We ac-
knowledge the co-authoring of Alexandra Simões, João
Gregório, Isabel Couto, Pedro Póvoa and Miguel Vi-
veiros in this project.
This work was supported by project “HAITooL - ATool-
kit to Prevent,Manage and Control Healthcare-Associat-
ed Infections in Portugal” EEA Grants, 000182DT3; and
by FCT for funds to GHTM – UID/Multi/04413/2013.
The authors declare no conflict of interest.
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