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10/31/19 jm Vancomycin AUC-guided Dosing Implementation Plan
November 1, 2019
From: "Justin Muklewicz"
Sent: Thursday, October 31, 2019 12:55:54 PM
Subject: Vancomycin AUC-guided Dosing Implementation Plan
Good afternoon everyone,
Below is the vancomycin AUC-guided dosing implementation plan for all pharmacists that dose vancomycin for ADULT patients.
Implementation date: expected end of November (Date TBD pending completion of pharmacist and nursing education). Until further notice, AUC-guided dosing remains limited to the pilot protocol for clinical specialists and residents.
Pharmacist Education:
1. Required: Staff development CE presentation for all pharmacists (complete).
2. Required: In-services for 3rd shift pharmacist (pending - dates TBD)
3. Optional: Additional in-services and opportunities to ask questions. Dates TBD, and to be held at Madison and Main (pending - to be scheduled during the beginning of November)
4. Optional: Practice cases available on the pulse page (pending - to be uploaded to the PKS folder in PULSE)
Nursing Education:
1. Nursing fliers (pending - to be distribution through education council)
2. Pharmacy info for nursing staff meetings (pending - to be announced during the upcoming nursing staff meeting)
Laboratory:
1. The laboratory director has been informed of the expected increase in number of vancomycin levels (complete)
Continuous Education, Tracking and Quality improvement:
1. AMT is available for any questions or suggestions between the hours of 0700-1530 MON-FRI (x50286)
2. Guideline and calculator will soon be made available on PULSE and FormWeb (departments --> operations I --> pharmacy/drug info --> clinical services --> PKS information)
3. The "save PDF" button on the calculator will be required after completing 2-level calculations during the first 1-2 months of go-live. The AMT will be reviewing these PDF files to monitor for appropriateness and opportunities for improvement
4. AMT will be tracking and collecting data for continuous quality improvement.
Please let me know if you have any questions. Thank you!
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