Restriction of vancomycin use at a university hospital in Thailand

An Antibiotic Order Form Intervention Does Not Improve or Reduce Vancomycin Use

“…AOFs have been demonstrated to improve vancomycin use at a number of centers. [26][27][28][29][30] Their use in pediatric centers is not well-studied, although they appear to be increasingly accepted; a recent survey of the Pediatric Prevention Network demonstrated that 20% of centers were utilizing an antibiotic order form as a method of vancomycin control, for either the initiation or the continuation of use. 31 To evaluate the impact of an AOF on inappropriate vancomycin use in a pediatric population, we performed a cohort study of inpatients prescribed vancomycin.…”