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Practical Guidelines for Vancomycin Usage, With Prospective Drug-Utilization Evaluation

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Tayl Drori-Zeides ,
David Raveh ,
Yechiel Schlesinger  and
Amos M. Yinnon
Tayl Drori-Zeides
Affiliation:
Infectious Diseases Unit, Shaare Zedek Medical Center and Hebrew University, Hadassah-Medical School, Jerusalem, Israel
David Raveh
Affiliation:
Infectious Diseases Unit, Shaare Zedek Medical Center and Hebrew University, Hadassah-Medical School, Jerusalem, Israel
Yechiel Schlesinger
Affiliation:
Infectious Diseases Unit, Shaare Zedek Medical Center and Hebrew University, Hadassah-Medical School, Jerusalem, Israel
Amos M. Yinnon*
Affiliation:
Infectious Diseases Unit, Shaare Zedek Medical Center and Hebrew University, Hadassah-Medical School, Jerusalem, Israel
*
Infectious Diseases Unit, Shaare Zedek Medical Center, PO Box 3235, Jerusalem 91031, Israel
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Abstract

To strengthen guidelines for vancomycin use, practical guidelines were developed. A prospective survey was conducted of all patients receiving vancomycin during two 1-month periods, 1 year apart, during which significant improvements were noted. Practical guidelines may contribute to appropriateness of vancomycin use, serve as educational tools, and facilitate improved surveillance.

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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 21 , Issue 1 , January 2000 , pp. 45 - 47
Copyright
Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 2000

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