Enhancing Antibiotic Stewardship Team (AST) Efforts in Decreasing Inappropriate Vancomycin Usage in Neutropenic Fever (NF) Patients through Unit Based Pharmacist Intervention
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Effects of Pharmacist Intervention on the Utilization of Vancomycin in a Teaching Hospital
In order to investigate the effect of pharmacist intervention on vancomycin use, this study was performed on all patients receiving vancomycin in the intensive care unit (ICU) and hematology-oncology ward of Taleghani Educational Hospital in Tehran, Iran. Vancomycin use was assessed during a pre- and post-intervention period in accordance with the Center of Disease Control and prevention (CDC) ...
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In order to investigate the effect of pharmacist intervention on vancomycin use, this study was performed on all patients receiving vancomycin in the intensive care unit (ICU) and hematology-oncology ward of Taleghani Educational Hospital in Tehran, Iran. Vancomycin use was assessed during a pre- and post-intervention period in accordance with the Center of Disease Control and prevention (CDC) ...
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دوره 4 شماره
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تاریخ انتشار 2017