This paper evaluates the practice of fresh frozen plasma (FFP) transfusion at the University Hospital, Kuala Lumpur, and analyses its usage by the various clinical departments. The aim of this study is to identify where it is inappropriately used and the clinical indications in which such misuse is common. A retrospective analysis of the blood bank request forms and work sheets during a 6-month...

surgical site infections are one of the most important post-surgery complications. antimicrobial prophylaxis has been used routinely in surgeries to reduce infection incidence. however, inappropriate selection of antimicrobial agents or dosing can develop antimicrobial resistance, serious adverse reactions and prolong hospitalization. current study aimed to examine prophylactic antibiotic presc...

BACKGROUND Digoxin remains widely used today despite its narrow therapeutic index and toxicity. The objective of this study was to investigate the percentage of inappropriate use of digoxin and long-term outcomes of elderly patients hospitalized for digoxin toxicity. METHODS The study included 99 consecutive patients hospitalized for digoxin toxicity. The other study criteria for the inapprop...

OBJECTIVES To determine the effect of a modified request form on the total use of γ-glutamyl transferase (GGT) usage and the ratio of inappropriate testing. METHODS We modified a test request form by moving GGT from the "Liver profile" to the "Other" section. The criteria for appropriate GGT ordering were developed based on literature review and then validated by expert consensus. To determin...

As Personal Digital Assistant (PDA) usage increases, so does the demand for better performance while adhering to strict power consumption limitations. As of the time of this study, the majority of PDA usage involves user-level applications which are not yet as computationally intensive as their desktop PC workstation counterparts. Because of that, it seems inappropriate to apply common benchmar...