An evaluation of a pharmacy based aminoglycoside monitoring service.
The impact of a pharmacy based aminoglycoside serum concentration monitoring service is reported. Physician responses to serum concentrations were assessed before and after the introduction of the service and the results compared. Eighty-four percent of recommendations made by pharmacists to physicians were totally accepted and the response to serum concentrations significantly improved after the introduction of the clinical pharmacokinetic service. Such a service provides a valuable function and is well accepted by the physicians.
D000617:Aminoglycosides / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D004363:Drug Utilization; D006746:Hospital Bed Capacity, 500 and over; D006761:Hospitals; D006801:Humans; D009864:Ontario