VANCOMYCIN and
aminoglycosides dosing in the
hospital setting can get extremely
complex as any hospital pharmacist
will advise; a pharmacist has
created an app to support the
dosing of vancomycin using
established algorithms.
Deanna Wung from UNC School
of Pharmacy, North Carolina told
Drug Topics that as a student, she
had put her vancomycin dosing
equations into a spreadsheet.
“I realised later, on rotations, that
this would be useful to practicing
pharmacists and would make an
excellent mobile app.”
Wung was also careful in
development of the app to
leave enough flexibility for the
pharmacist’s decision-making.
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