Prescribing pattern of vancomycin in a community teaching hospital with low prevalence of vancomycin-resistant enterococci.
A 1-month prospective survey of all inpatients given vancomycin was performed in a community teaching hospital with a low prevalence of vancomycin-resistant enterococci. Only 20 of the 97 vancomycin orders written from August 1 to September 1, 1996, were consistent with Hospital Infection Control Practices Advisory Committee (HICPAC) guidelines. Surgical prophylaxis accounted for 37 of the 77 orders inconsistent with HICPAC guidelines.
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St Elizabeth Health Center, Youngstown, OH 44501-1790, USA.
D004352:Drug Resistance, Microbial; D004363:Drug Utilization / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D016983:Enterococcus / Q000187:drug effects*; D017408:Guidelines as Topic; D006764:Hospitals, Community; D006784:Hospitals, Teaching; D006801:Humans; D017053:Infection Control / Q000379:methods / Q000592:standards*; D016106:Methicillin Resistance; D009820:Ohio; D011446:Prospective Studies; D013211:Staphylococcus aureus / Q000187:drug effects / Q000302:isolation & purification; D014640:Vancomycin / Q000627:therapeutic use*
D014640:Vancomycin