A pre-postintervention study to evaluate the impact of dose calculators on the accuracy of gentamicin and vancomycin initial doses

BMJ Open

Volumn 5, Issue 6, 2015, Pages

  Hamad, Anas ^a   Cavell, Gillian ^b   Hinton, James ^b   Wade, Paul ^c   Whittlesea, Cate ^d  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b KING'S COLLEGE HOSPITAL NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c GUY'S AND ST THOMAS' NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^d DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CREATININE; GENTAMICIN; VANCOMYCIN; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; CREATININE CLEARANCE; DOSE CALCULATION; DRUG DOSAGE FORM; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; ELECTRONIC PRESCRIBING; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVENTION STUDY; LOADING DRUG DOSE; MAINTENANCE DRUG DOSE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUALITY CONTROL; RECOMMENDED DRUG DOSE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TEACHING HOSPITAL; UNDERWEIGHT; AGED; CLINICAL DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; DRUG MONITORING; ENGLAND; HOSPITAL; MEDICATION ERROR; PRESCRIPTION; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PROTOCOL COMPLIANCE; STANDARDS; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

ADULT; AGED; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; DECISION MAKING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS, CLINICAL; DRUG MONITORING; DRUG PRESCRIPTIONS; FEMALE; GENTAMICINS; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; LONDON; MALE; MEDICATION ERRORS; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; VANCOMYCIN;

EID: 84930959312     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20446055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2014-006610     Document Type: Article

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