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Duration of therapy needs to be a requirement at order entry. Whoever is entering the order should be required to put in a stop day and time indicating how long the patient is to receive the antimicrobial. Not only is this necessary to optimize therapy and patient safety, this is a condition of antimicrobial stewardship participation.
We have been screaming for this for YEARS to no avail. Duration is indeed a requirement for antimicrobial orders and should be made available post haste.