155. Development of antibiotic classification for measuring antibiotic usage in Korean hospitals using a modified Delphi method
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A modified method for measuring antibiotic use in healthcare settings: implications for antibiotic stewardship and benchmarking.
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عنوان ژورنال: Open Forum Infectious Diseases
سال: 2020
ISSN: 2328-8957
DOI: 10.1093/ofid/ofaa439.200