title: Evaluating the value, accuracy, and operational feasibility of DUE criteria.
abstract: The purpose of this investigation was to evaluate the value, accuracy, and operational feasibility of indicators/criteria in a drug use evaluation (DUE) examining IV histamine2-receptor antagonists (H2-RA). Pharmacists in 40 hospitals collected DUE data concurrent with hospital stays on a total of 1,200 patients. After completing the DUE, pharmacist data collectors were asked to evaluate each DUE criterion. Most reported that criteria relating to indications for use, therapeutic drug monitoring, and adverse drug reactions/drug interactions should be included in a DUE, but some criteria were not easy to collect or were inaccurate. The data suggest the need to carefully select DUE criteria that can be used for continuous improvements that meet JCAHO accreditation requirements.
authors.affiliation: University of Florida, Gainesville 32610, USA.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Ben-Joseph
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Segal
authors.forename: W L
authors.initials: WL
authors.lastname: Russell
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Oh
mesh_terms: D003625:Data Collection; D016903:Drug Monitoring; D017723:Drug Utilization Review / Q000592:standards*; D005240:Feasibility Studies; D006635:Histamine H2 Antagonists / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D007591:Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations; D010607:Pharmacy Service, Hospital / Q000592:standards*; D014481:United States