Vancomycin use in a large teaching hospital in Shiraz, Islamic Republic of Iran, 2003
EMHJ-Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal. 2007; 13 (5): 1195-1201
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ABSTRACT
We investigated adherence to the Hospital Infection Control Practice Advisory Committee [HICPAC] guidelines on vancomycin prescription in a large university-affiliated hospital in Shiraz. From August to December 2003, 200 hospitalized patients received vancomycin. For only 12 [6%] of these patients was vancomycin prescribed appropriately according to HICPAC guidelines. The main reasons why vancomycin use did not comply with HICPAC recommendations were surgical prophylaxis in patients with negative cultures for resistant Gram-positive organisms, no investigation of vancomycin serum levels in patients receiving > 48 hours of vancomycin, vancomycin serum levels not repeated in patients receiving > 1 week of vancomycin, no appropriate adjustment of dosage with respect to serum levels in patients receiving vancomycin
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Indice:
Méditerranée orientale
Sujet Principal:
Vancomycine
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Études transversales
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Enquêtes et questionnaires
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Prévention des infections
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Adhésion aux directives
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Hôpitaux d'enseignement
Type d'étude:
Étude de prévalence
Limites du sujet:
Femelle
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Humains
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Mâle
langue:
Anglais
Texte intégral:
East Mediterr Health J.
Année:
2007
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