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Variability in Vancomycin Use in Newborn Intensive Care Units Determined From Data in an Electronic Medical Record

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Cody Arnold ,
Reese Clark ,
Jaclyn Bosco ,
Craig Shoemaker  and
Alan R. Spitzer
Cody Arnold*
Affiliation:
Department of Neonatology, Baylor University Medical Center, Dallas, Texas Baylor Health Care System, Institute for Health Care Research and Improvement, Dallas, Texas Pediatrix-Obstetrix Center for Research and Education, Sunrise, Florida
Reese Clark
Affiliation:
Pediatrix-Obstetrix Center for Research and Education, Sunrise, Florida
Jaclyn Bosco
Affiliation:
Baylor Health Care System, Institute for Health Care Research and Improvement, Dallas, Texas Department of Epidemiology, Boston University School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts
Craig Shoemaker
Affiliation:
Department of Neonatology, Baylor University Medical Center, Dallas, Texas
Alan R. Spitzer
Affiliation:
Pediatrix-Obstetrix Center for Research and Education, Sunrise, Florida
*
Department of Neonatology, Baylor University Medical Center, 3500 Gaston Ave., 3 Hoblitzelle, Dallas, TX 75246 ([email protected])
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Abstract

Data from an electronic medical record were used to demonstrate a large variation in the proportion of patients treated with vancomycin in 56 newborn intensive care units, which ranged from 18% to 70% . Use of oxacillin or nafcillin instead of vancomycin was rare during the first few years of the study period but was routine in 13% of the newborn intensive care units during the last fewyears of the study period. The use of electronic medical record data for studies of antibiotic use is discussed here.

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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 29 , Issue 7 , July 2008 , pp. 667 - 670
Copyright
Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 2008

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