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Primary outcomes.
| Outcome | Electronic checklist (N=125) | Prompted (N=171) | P Value |
|---|---|---|---|
| Patient-days on which empirical antibiotics were used, no. (%) | 498/711 (70.0) | 702/1112 (63.1) | 0.002 |
| Proportion of antibiotic-days on which empirical antibiotics were used, mean (SD)a | 0.83 (0.27) | 0.78 (0.27) | 0.093 |
| Empirical antibiotic duration (d), median [IQR] | 3 [2–4] | 3 [1–5] | 0.27 |
| Total antibiotic duration (d), median [IQR] | 4 [2–8] | 4 [2–7] | 0.65 |
Empiric antibiotic-days/total antibiotic-days.
