Total duration instead of in-hospital antibiotic days: reaching beyond the hospital walls.

Clin Microbiol Infect

Duke Center for Antimicrobial Stewardship and Infection Prevention, Durham, NC, USA; Duke Antimicrobial Stewardship Outreach Network, Durham, NC, USA.

Published: March 2020

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