Risk of medication safety incidents with antibiotic use measured by defined daily doses.

Anas Hamad; Gillian Cavell; Paul Wade; James Hinton; Cate Whittlesea

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Risk of medication safety incidents with antibiotic use measured by defined daily doses.

December 11, 2013

Hamad A, Cavell G, Wade P, et al. Int J Clin Pharm. 2013;35(5):772-9.

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Most prior studies of inpatient antibiotic adverse events reported absolute numbers of incidents, but this study standardized events per defined daily dose, which highlighted the risks of less frequently prescribed antibiotics.

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