777. Combination Vancomycin/Cefazolin (VAN/CFZ) for Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) Bloodstream Infections (BSI) Trang D. Trinh, Pharm.D.; Evan J. Zasowski, PharmD, BCPS; Abdalhamid M. Lagnf, M.P.H.; Sahil Bhatia, B.S.; Sorabh Dhar, MD; Ryan Mynatt, PharmD; Jason M. Pogue, PharmD and Michael J. Rybak, PharmD, MPH, PhD; Anti-Infective Research Laboratory, Department of Pharmac...

onset pneumonia Alan E. Gross, PharmD, BCPS; Trevor Van Schooneveld, MD; Keith M. Olsen, PharmD, FCCP, FCCM; Mark E. Rupp, MD; Andre C. Kalil, MD, MPH; University of Illinois Hospital and Health Sciences System, Chicago, IL; Pharmacy Practice, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL; University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE; College of Pharmacy, University of Nebraska Medical Cen...

1112 Am J Health-Syst Pharm—Vol 68 Jun 15, 2011 Kim Currie mason, Pharm.D., is Director, Pharmacy Services, University of Tennessee Medical Center, Knoxville, and Assistant Professor, Colleges of Pharmacy and Medicine, University of Tennessee, Knoxville. Address correspondence to Dr. Mason at Pharmacy Services, University of Tennessee Medical Center, 1924 Alcoa Highway, Knoxville, TN 37920 (kma...

Concentrations (MICs) and Treatment Failure among Patients with Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Blood Stream Infections (MRSA-BSI) at the University of Connecticut Health Center (UCHC) Tilahun Amdissa Gemtessa, MD; Trini Ann Mathew, MD, MPH, FACP; Jeffrey R. Aeschlimann, PharmD; Division of Infectious Diseases, University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington, CT; Division of Inf...

1Department of Psychiatry, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia 2Mood and Anxiety Disorders Clinic, British Columbia’s Children’s Hospital, Vancouver, British Columbia 3Sun Life Financial Chair in Adolescent Mental Health, Director, WHO Collaborating Center in Mental Health Policy and Training, Dalhousie University and the IWK Health Center, Halifax, Nova Scotia 4Fraser H...

63 Am J Health-Syst Pharm—Vol 64 Jan 1, 2007 PAMELA LADA, PHARM.D., is Clinical Emergency Medicine Specialist, Department of Emergency Medicine, Boston Medical Center, Boston, MA. GEORGE DELGADO, JR., PHARM.D., is Coordinator, Emergency Pharmacy Services, and Clinical Emergency Medicine Specialist, Department of Emergency Medicine, Detroit Receiving Hospital and University Health Center, Detroi...

PURPOSE To establish a cost-effective centralized pharmacy call center to serve the patients of Veterans Integrated Service Network (VISN) 11 that would meet established performance metrics. METHODS A pilot project began in August 2011 with the Indianapolis VA Medical Center (VAMC) and the Health Resource Center (HRC) in Topeka, Kansas. The Indianapolis VAMC used a first-call resolution busin...

aSchool of Public Health, Hormozgan University of Medical Sciences, Bandar Abbas; bDepartment of Medical Entomology & Vector Control, School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran; cDepartment of Pharmacognosy, Biotechnology Research Center, School of Pharmacy, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad; dDepartment of Biotechnology, School of Pharmacy, Mashhad Uni...

Dr. Tran is Assistant Clinical Professor at St. John’s University and Clinical Pharmacy Manager at New York–Presbyterian Hospital/ Columbia University Medical Center in New York City. Hanlin Li is a fi nal-year doctor of pharmacy candidate at St. John’s University College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, in Jamaica, New York. She is also a pharmacy intern at New York–Presbyterian Hospital–Weill...

Jeffrey Fudin, PharmD, DAIPM, FCCP, FASHP President and Director, Scientific and Clinical Affairs for Remitigate, LLC, Delmar, NY Adjunct Associate Professor of Pharmacy Practice and Pain Management, Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, Albany, NY Adjunct Associate Professor, Western New England University College of Pharmacy, Springfield, MA Clinical Pharmacy Specialist and Director...