background: due (drug utilization evaluation) studies can help identify and correct problems associated with irrational use of drugs. considering lack of data regarding how rational vancomycin is being used, we evaluated this due study in a referral infectious center to evaluate compliance with guidelines in terms of rational use of this valuable antibiotic. methods: this retrospective study wa...

background : in china, over 80% of all work-related deaths in the mining industry occur in coal mines and human factors constitute 85% of the direct causes of coal mine accidents, which indicates that significant shortcomings cur-rently exist in the safety behavior management of chinese coal mine workers. we aimed to verify the impact of human psychological behavior in coal mine accidents syste...

The current standard method for adverse symptom monitoring in clinical trials is staff reporting [1, 2]. This is generally conducted via a complex process of data transfer, during which clinicians interview patients and then document impressions in medical charts ad hoc; study personnel abstract these charts and convert reported symptoms to a standard lexicon such as the Common Terminology Crit...

With remarkable advancement both in drug discovery, R&D activities and in concomitant technical supports, drug discovery strategies have become focused on drug safety screening in their early stages. The phenomenon suggests the necessity of evaluating toxicity of various compounds with small amounts of their samples as quickly as possible. This series of toxicological strategies is now commonly...

drug utilization evaluation (due) is an effective program to identify variability in drug use and to support interventions that will improve patient outcomes. the appropriate use of enoxaparin, a low molecular weight heparin (lmwh), which is widely used as curative or preventive treatment of thromboembolic disorders was assessed in the study. a prospective due was carried out at masih daneshvar...