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days of therapy: a standalone construct

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Pharmacy practice

a measure of antimicrobial use counting each day a patient receives a given agent, regardless of dose.

In pharmacy practice, days of therapy refers to a measure of antimicrobial use counting each day a patient receives a given agent, regardless of dose. This meaning comes from Polk (2007) in Clinical Infectious Diseases.[1]

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References

Polk, R. E., Fox, C., Mahoney, A., Letcavage, J., & MacDougall, C. (2007). Measurement of Adult Antibacterial Drug Use in 130 US Hospitals: Comparison of Defined Daily Dose and Days of Therapy. Clinical Infectious Diseases, 44(5), 664-670. https://doi.org/10.1086/511640

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