192. Vancomycin Dosing in Obese and Morbidly Obese Patients with Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) Pneumonia Haley Morrill, PharmD; Aisling Caffrey, PhD, MS; Eunsun Noh, PhD, MS; Kerry Laplante, PharmD; College of Pharmacy, University of Rhode Island, Kingston, RI; Infectious Diseases Research Program, Providence Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Providence, RI; Warren Alpert Sc...

Divisions of Hematology-Oncolgy, Rhode Island Hospital, Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, RI, USA Department of Pathology, Rhode Island Hospital, Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, RI, USA Divisions of Infectious Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, Rhode Island Hospital, Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, R...

Timothy Hatlen, Henry Mroch, Katherine Tuttle, Okechukwu Ojogho, Michele Rooney, Sara Desmond and Samer Bani-Hani Department of Medicine, Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center, Spokane, Washington, USA; Department of Infectious Diseases, Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, Torrance, California, USA; Department of Nephrology, Providence Kidney Care Spokane, Spokane, Washington, USA; Institute of Transl...

This paper is a discussion of providence in light of current scientific knowledge. Specifically, it addresses the question of whether it is scientifically plausible that providence actually exists as a method through which God(s) might influence events and the course of history. It begins with a brief discussion of historical perspectives on providence and how they were affected by classical, o...

N. Neretti is with the Institute for Brain and Neural Systems and Physics Department, Brown University, Providence RI 02912. N. Intrator is with the Institute for Brain and Neural Systems and Physics Department, Brown University, Providence RI 02912, and is on leave from Tel-Aviv University. L. N Cooper is with the Physics Department, Institute for Brain and Neural Systems and Neuroscience Depa...

206. Implementing an Antimicrobial Stewardship Program Angela Vassallo, MPH, MS; Snezana Naumovsky, PharmD; Tanya Elgourt, PharmD; Robert Winters, MD; Ellie Goldstein, MD, FIDSA, FSHEA; John Lee, PharmD; Infection Prevention and Control, Providence Saint John’s Health Center, Santa Monica, CA; Pharmacy, Providence Saint John’s Health Center, Santa Monica, CA; Providence Saint John’s Health Cent...