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Vancomycin Use in Pediatric Hematology-Oncology Patients

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Heidi A. Hopkins ,
Ronda L. Sinkowitz-Cochran ,
Benjamin A. Rudin ,
Harry L. Keyserling  and
William R. Jarvis
Heidi A. Hopkins
Affiliation:
Hospital Infections Program, National Center for Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Public Health Service, US Department of Health and Human Services, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia
Ronda L. Sinkowitz-Cochran*
Affiliation:
Hospital Infections Program, National Center for Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Public Health Service, US Department of Health and Human Services, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia
Benjamin A. Rudin
Affiliation:
Hospital Infections Program, National Center for Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Public Health Service, US Department of Health and Human Services, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia
Harry L. Keyserling
Affiliation:
Egleston Children's Hospital, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia
William R. Jarvis
Affiliation:
Hospital Infections Program, National Center for Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Public Health Service, US Department of Health and Human Services, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia
*
Hospital Infections Program, Mailstop E-69, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1600 Clifton Rd, Atlanta, GA 30333
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Abstract

A cross-sectional study was performed of pediatric hematology-oncology patients who received vancomycin; use was compared to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommendations for vancomycin use. Thirty-seven patients received 308 doses of vancomycin. All patients initially received vancomycin as empirical therapy; 100% of this use was not consistent with the CDC recommendations.

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Concise Communications
Information
Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 21 , Issue 1 , January 2000 , pp. 48 - 50
Copyright
Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 2000

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