Open AccessWHO defined daily doses versus hospital-adjusted defined daily doses: impact on results of antibiotic use surveillance
Author(s) -
Jon Birger Haug,
Åsmund Reikvam
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
journal of antimicrobial chemotherapy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.124
H-Index - 194
eISSN - 1460-2091
pISSN - 0305-7453
DOI - 10.1093/jac/dkt268
Subject(s) - medicine , antibiotics , defined daily dose , emergency medicine , pediatrics , intensive care medicine , pharmacology , medical prescription , biology , microbiology and biotechnology
To investigate effects on surveillance results of hospital antibiotic use when WHO defined daily doses (WHO DDDs) are adjusted to doses recommended for hospitalized patients [hospital-adjusted defined daily doses (haDDDs)].
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