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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
4
pubmed:dateCreated
1989-9-29
pubmed:abstractText
Intravenous vancomycin usage at our institution was examined by a five-month retrospective chart review. Cardiovascular surgery, neurosurgery, and intensive care units accounted for the most use. Sixty courses in 48 patients were reviewed; 42 percent was considered inappropriate, which extrapolated to an annual drug acquisition cost of $51,338. Inappropriate use was categorized as mainly due to documented infection with a beta-lactam sensitive organism in a patient with no history of an allergy (40 percent of inappropriate use) and excessive duration of empiric therapy (28 percent of inappropriate use). Concurrent monitoring by pharmacy staff was felt to be the approach most likely to be effective in modifying this problem.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
H
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Aug
pubmed:issn
0008-4123
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
42
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
153-6
pubmed:dateRevised
2009-10-12
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1989
pubmed:articleTitle
Intravenous vancomycin usage in a tertiary care hospital.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article