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More support for health professionals would cut unnecessary antibiotic use in hospitals

Interventions designed to help hospital health professionals prescribe antibiotics more appropriately can help reduce unnecessary antibiotic use, say a team of Cochrane researchers from the UK. 
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Posted 23 February 2017 - 07:52
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