Drug Utilization Evaluation of Vancomycin among Patients in Jafar Ibn Auf Pediatric Hospital, 2018

Name	World Continuing Education Alliance
Activity Title	Drug Utilization Evaluation of Vancomycin among Patients in Jafar Ibn Auf Pediatric Hospital, 2018
Details	The majority of admitted inpatients are given antimicrobials as therapy or prophylaxis during their hospitalization. It has been shown that at least 50% of antimicrobial prescriptions are unnecessary. Antimicrobial over prescription increases the costs of health care, increases super-infection due to antimicrobial-resistant bacteria, and may increase the likelihood of an unwanted side-effects. One critical challenge that health care faces is resistance to vancomycin, which is antibiotic that has a definite indications and a crucial role in treating infections in patients allergic to beta-lactam antibacterial medications or in bacterial infections that are resistant to other antibiotics. MRSA has become one of the predominant health care issues, and its resistance to vancomycin is growing. Cases of MRSA have increased in the US from 35.9% in 1992 to 64.4% in 2003, mainly due to inappropriate prescribing of broad spectrum antibiotics. Drug utilization evaluation (DUE) studies have an imp...
Competence	Paediatrics and Child Health
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Event Time	11:30 AM
Location	World Continuing Education Alliance eLearning System
Cost (UGX)	0
CPD Points	1