Effects of staff education and standardizing dosing and collection times on vancomycin trough appropriateness in ward patients

Background: Many institutions have guidelines for initiation and monitoring, but not timing, of vancomycin. Objective: Our objective was to evaluate vancomycin trough collection appropriateness before and after an initiative to change the dosing and trough collection times in ward patients. Meth...

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Main Authors: Hammond DA, Atkinson LN, James TB, Painter JT, Lusardi K
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Centro de Investigaciones y Publicaciones Farmaceuticas 2017-06-01
Series:Pharmacy Practice
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Online Access:https://www.pharmacypractice.org/journal/index.php/pp/article/view/949/517