| Title | Variability in vancomycin use in newborn intensive care units determined from data in an electronic medical record. |
| Author(s) | Arnold C, Clark R, Bosco J, Shoemaker C, Spitzer AR. |
| Source | Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol., Vol. 29, No. 7, Pages 667-670 |
| Publication Date | Jul-08 |
| 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 few years of the study period. The use of electronic medical record data for studies of antibiotic use is discussed here. |