A descriptive study of vancomycin use at Red Cross War Memorial Children’s Hospital, Cape Town

A descriptive study of vancomycin use at Red Cross War Memorial Children’s Hospital, Cape Town

Background: Antimicrobial stewardship principles guide the clinical use of antimicrobials, including vancomycin, but paediatric vancomycin prescribing practices have not been evaluated in South Africa. Objectives: To document the use, prescribing practices and monitoring of intravenous vancomycin a...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors:	Leonore Greybe, Brian S. Eley, Hafsah D. Tootla, Anna M.M. Botha, Wisdom Basera, James J.C. Nuttall
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	AOSIS 2023-11-01
Series:	Southern African Journal of Infectious Diseases
Subjects:	vancomycin paediatrics ams antimicrobial stewardship audit tdm therapeutic drug monitoring
Online Access:	https://sajid.co.za/index.php/sajid/article/view/528

Similar Items

Descriptive analysis of infections due to New Delhi metallo-β-lactamase-producing Enterobacterales in children at Red Cross War Memorial Children’s Hospital
by: Leonore Greybe, et al.
Published: (2022-07-01)

Pharmacist-directed vancomycin therapeutic drug monitoring in pediatric patients: a collaborative-practice model
by: Kashif Hussain, et al.
Published: (2021-12-01)

Real-Life Vancomycin Therapeutic Drug Monitoring in Coagulase-Negative Staphylococcal Bacteremia in Neonatal and Pediatric Intensive Care Unit: Are We Underestimating Augmented Renal Clearance?
by: Claudia Sette, et al.
Published: (2023-10-01)

A machine learning model that emulates experts’ decision making in vancomycin initial dose planning
by: Tetsuo Matsuzaki, et al.
Published: (2022-04-01)

A simple and validated HPLC method for vancomycin assay in plasma samples: the necessity of TDM center development in Southern Iran
by: Parisa Ghasemiyeh, et al.
Published: (2020-01-01)

Pharmacist-managed dose adjustment feedback using therapeutic drug monitoring of vancomycin was useful for patients with methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infections: a single institution experience
by: Hirano R, et al.
Published: (2016-10-01)

Prediction of vancomycin initial dosage using artificial intelligence models applying ensemble strategy
by: Wen-Hsien Ho, et al.
Published: (2023-03-01)

Bridging the Gap between Theory and Practice; the Active Role of Inpatient Pharmacists in Therapeutic Drug Monitoring
by: Abrar F Alhameed, et al.
Published: (2019-02-01)

Implementation of a hospital antimicrobial stewardship program to improve vancomycin use in Cyprus: Challenges and opportunity
by: Panagiotis Papastergiou, et al.
Published: (2022-12-01)

Candida bloodstream infection among children hospitalised in three public-sector hospitals in the Metro West region of Cape Town, South Africa
by: Mulugeta Naizgi Gebremicael, et al.
Published: (2023-02-01)

Pharmacokinetic assessment of vancomycin in critically ill patients and nephrotoxicity prediction using individualized pharmacokinetic parameters
by: Parisa Ghasemiyeh, et al.
Published: (2022-08-01)

Establishing a pharmacist–prescriber partnership in publicly funded primary healthcare clinics to optimise antibiotic prescribing in the Western Cape: An exploratory study
by: Oliver van Hecke, et al.
Published: (2020-06-01)

Analytical Study of a Case Series of Vancomycin Associated Adverse Drug Reactions in Paediatric Population at a Tertiary Care Hospital: A Brief Report
by: Madeline J Fernandes, et al.
Published: (2023-07-01)

Challenges and research priorities to progress the impact of antimicrobial stewardship
by: Matteo Bassetti, et al.
Published: (2019-08-01)

Emergence of vancomycin resistant Enterococci in a paediatric hospital in Cape Town
by: C. Bamford, et al.
Published: (2014-04-01)

Changes in antimicrobial prescribing behavior after the introduction of the antimicrobial stewardship program: A pre- and post-intervention survey
by: Ruchir Chavada, et al.
Published: (2017-10-01)

Effect of an intervention targeting inappropriate continued empirical parenteral vancomycin use: a quasi-experimental study in a region of high MRSA prevalence
by: Pyoeng Gyun Choe, et al.
Published: (2018-04-01)

Evaluation of the Association between Trough and Area Under the Curve to Minimum Inhibitory Concentration Ratio (AUC24/MIC) of Vancomycin in Infected Patients with Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA)
by: Ayda Esmaeili, et al.
Published: (2021-06-01)

Antibiotic choices among healthcare professionals for enterococcal bacteremia with patterns of resistance and risk factors of mortality, in settings of poor antibiotic stewardship program — a five-year retrospective cohort study
by: Jamil Muqtadir Bhatti, et al.
Published: (2023-08-01)

Laboratory correlation between vancomycin levels and serum creatinine in the nephrotoxicity of vancomycin
by: Luiza K.R.P. Araújo, et al.
Published: (2016-12-01)

An innovative antimicrobial stewardship programme for children in remote and regional areas in Queensland, Australia: optimising antibiotic use through timely intravenous-to-oral switch
by: M.L. Avent, et al.
Published: (2022-03-01)

Necessity of vancomycin trough concentrations to manage uncomplicated acute bacterial skin and skin structure infections: a laboratory stewardship analysis
by: Andrew Merker, et al.
Published: (2023-05-01)

Vancomycin hydrochloride
by: 982 SIRIM

Epidemiological and genetic characteristics of vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium isolates in a University Children's Hospital in Germany: 2019 to 2020
by: Ilona Trautmannsberger, et al.
Published: (2022-03-01)

Molecular events for promotion of vancomycin resistance in vancomycin intermediate Staphylococcus aureus
by: Qiwen Hu, et al.
Published: (2016-10-01)

Activity of vancomycin combined with linezolid against clinical vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus strains
by: Gulseren Aktas
Published: (2020-07-01)

A nationwide utilization survey of therapeutic drug monitoring for five antibiotics in South Korea
by: Choi R, et al.
Published: (2019-07-01)

The Detection of Vancomycin in Sweat: A Next-Generation Digital Surrogate Marker for Antibiotic Tissue Penetration: A Pilot Study
by: Noé Brasier, et al.
Published: (2021-01-01)

Developing a Board and Online Game to Educate People on Antimicrobial Resistance and Stewardship: The AMS Game
by: Sarah Cavanagh, et al.
Published: (2023-03-01)

Development of and User Feedback on a Board and Online Game to Educate on Antimicrobial Resistance and Stewardship
by: Diane Ashiru-Oredope, et al.
Published: (2022-05-01)

Antimicrobial surgical prophylaxis: Still an issue in paediatrics
by: Tugba Bedir Demirdag, et al.
Published: (2020-12-01)

Characterization of the phenotypes of methicillin- and vancomycin-susceptible Staphylococcus argenteus after vancomycin passages
by: Chih-Hsiang Chang, et al.
Published: (2022-12-01)

Quantifying antimicrobial use on Canadian dairy farms using garbage can audits
by: Landon M. C. Warder, et al.
Published: (2023-06-01)

Challenges in Implementing Antimicrobial Stewardship Programmes at Secondary Level Hospitals in India: An Exploratory Study
by: Philip Mathew, et al.
Published: (2020-09-01)

Administration and Therapeutic Drug Monitoring of <i>β-lactams</i> and Vancomycin in Critical Care Units in Colombia: The ANTIBIOCOL Study
by: Yuli V. Fuentes, et al.
Published: (2021-09-01)

Vancomycin-induced severe thrombocytopenia in a young infant
by: Quan-yao Chen, et al.

Optimizing Empiric Vancomycin Use in Febrile Neutropenia Patients
by: Nicole Tadros, et al.
Published: (2021-12-01)

Outbreak of vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium ST1133 in paediatric patients with acute lymphoblastic leukaemia from southern Brazil
by: Thaís Muniz Vasconcelos, et al.
Published: (2024-03-01)

Determination of Vancomycin B and Vancomycin Impurities by Liquid Chromatography
by: S. I. Kuleshova, et al.
Published: (2021-12-01)

The Role of Vancomycin on Meningitis
by: Ahmed I. Shatat and P.I.C.U team, et al.
Published: (2014-06-01)