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<liclass="chapter"data-level="1.2.2"data-path="introduction.html"><ahref="introduction.html#interpretation-of-raw-results"><iclass="fa fa-check"></i><b>1.2.2</b> Interpretation of raw results</a></li>
<liclass="chapter"data-level="1.3"data-path="introduction.html"><ahref="introduction.html#data-analysis-using-r"><iclass="fa fa-check"></i><b>1.3</b> Data analysis using R</a></li>
<liclass="chapter"data-level="1.4"data-path="introduction.html"><ahref="introduction.html#setting-for-this-thesis"><iclass="fa fa-check"></i><b>1.4</b> Setting for this thesis</a></li>
<liclass="chapter"data-level="1.5"data-path="introduction.html"><ahref="introduction.html#aim-of-this-thesis-and-introduction-to-its-chapters"><iclass="fa fa-check"></i><b>1.5</b> Aim of this thesis and introduction to its chapters</a></li>
<liclass="chapter"data-level="2"data-path="diagnostic-stewardship.html"><ahref="diagnostic-stewardship.html"><iclass="fa fa-check"></i><b>2</b> Diagnostic Stewardship: Sense or Nonsense?!</a>
<liclass="chapter"data-level="2.1.1"data-path="diagnostic-stewardship.html"><ahref="diagnostic-stewardship.html#case-1"><iclass="fa fa-check"></i><b>2.1.1</b> Case 1</a></li>
<liclass="chapter"data-level="2.1.2"data-path="diagnostic-stewardship.html"><ahref="diagnostic-stewardship.html#case-2"><iclass="fa fa-check"></i><b>2.1.2</b> Case 2</a></li>
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<liclass="chapter"data-level="2.2"data-path="diagnostic-stewardship.html"><ahref="diagnostic-stewardship.html#the-general-concept"><iclass="fa fa-check"></i><b>2.2</b> The general concept</a>
<liclass="chapter"data-level="2.2.2"data-path="diagnostic-stewardship.html"><ahref="diagnostic-stewardship.html#dsp-in-the-microbiological-laboratory"><iclass="fa fa-check"></i><b>2.2.2</b> DSP in the microbiological laboratory</a></li>
<liclass="chapter"data-level="2.2.3"data-path="diagnostic-stewardship.html"><ahref="diagnostic-stewardship.html#dsp-as-process-optimisation"><iclass="fa fa-check"></i><b>2.2.3</b> DSP as process optimisation</a></li>
<liclass="chapter"data-level="2.2.4"data-path="diagnostic-stewardship.html"><ahref="diagnostic-stewardship.html#multidisciplinary-aspects-of-dsp-and-infection-management"><iclass="fa fa-check"></i><b>2.2.4</b> Multidisciplinary aspects of DSP and infection management</a></li>
<liclass="chapter"data-level="3"data-path="introducing-method.html"><ahref="introducing-method.html"><iclass="fa fa-check"></i><b>3</b> Introducing a New, Free, and Independent Method for Standardised, Reproducible and Reliable Analyses of Antimicrobial Resistance Data</a>
<liclass="chapter"data-level="3.2"data-path="introducing-method.html"><ahref="introducing-method.html#standardising-amr-data-analysis"><iclass="fa fa-check"></i><b>3.2</b> Standardising AMR data analysis</a></li>
<liclass="chapter"data-level="3.3"data-path="introducing-method.html"><ahref="introducing-method.html#comparison-with-existing-software-methods"><iclass="fa fa-check"></i><b>3.3</b> Comparison with existing software methods</a></li>
<liclass="chapter"data-level="3.4"data-path="introducing-method.html"><ahref="introducing-method.html#user-feedback"><iclass="fa fa-check"></i><b>3.4</b> User feedback</a></li>
<p>Cover design: Matthijs Berends (images used with permission)<br/>
Layout: Matthijs Berends<br/>
Printing: Gildeprint – www.gildeprint.nl</p>
<p>The work described within this thesis was supported by (1) the Certe Medical Diagnostics and Advice Foundation, (2) the INTERREG V A (202085) funded project EurHealth-1Health (<ahref="http://www.eurhealth1health.eu"class="uri">http://www.eurhealth1health.eu</a>), part of a Dutch-German cross-border network supported by the European Commission, the Dutch Ministry of Health, Welfare and Sport, the Ministry of Economy, Innovation, Digitalisation and Energy of the German Federal State of North Rhine-Westphalia, and the Ministry for National and European Affairs and Regional Development of the German Federal State of Lower Saxony, (3) the European Union’s Horizon 2020 Research and Innovation Programme under the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Grant Agreement 713660 (MSCA-COFUND-2015-DP “Pronkjewail”), and (4) the European Society for Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (ESCMID) through the ESCMID Study Group for Antimicrobial Stewardship (ESGAP).</p>
<p>Printing of this thesis was financially supported by the Certe Medical Diagnostics and Advice Foundation. This support is greatly appreciated.</p>
