Vancomycin use in a brazilian teaching hospital: comparison with the Hospital Infection Controlpractices Advisory Committee Guidelines (HICPAC)

Vancomycin use in a brazilian teaching hospital: comparison with the Hospital Infection Controlpractices Advisory Committee Guidelines (HICPAC)

This study describes vancomycin prescribing patterns in an average complexity hospital and compare the guidelines proposed by the Hospital Infection Control Practices Advisory Committee (HICPAC). The study was conducted in a 256-bed secondary-care hospital. Data were collected of all patients given...

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Main Authors: Daniela Oliveira de Melo, Eliane Ribeiro
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier
Series:Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases
Subjects:
Vancomycin
infection
guidelines
antimicrobial use
Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1413-86702009000300001&lng=en&tlng=en

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