Compliance with guidelines for monitoring aminoglycoside therapy.
One hundred and twenty-one patients receiving 140 courses of aminoglycoside-therapy (76% gentamicin and 24% tobramycin) were retrospectively studied to assess the monitoring practices for these drugs. Compliance with specific items of the monitoring guidelines ranged from 16 to 93%. An education program regarding aminoglycoside monitoring, particularly the use of serum aminoglycoside concentrations, is necessary in the study institutions.
D000617:Aminoglycosides / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D004363:Drug Utilization; D006746:Hospital Bed Capacity, 500 and over; D006801:Humans; D009674:Nova Scotia