RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Improving the correct prescription and dosage of gentamicin
JF BMJ Quality Improvement Reports
JO BMJ Qual Improv Report
FD British Medical Journal Publishing Group
SP u134.w317
DO 10.1136/bmjquality.u134.w317
VO 1
IS 1
A1 Dr. Imran Qureshi
A1 Mr. Hani Habayeb
A1 Dr. Clive Grundy
YR 2012
UL http://bmjopenquality.bmj.com/content/1/1/u134.w317.abstract
AB Gentamicin is an amino glycoside antibiotic, which is used predominantly in gram-negative infections but also has anti-staphylococcal activity. It is commonly used because of its lack of diffogenicity. There are recognised issues with its dosing of which time is a major factor. A baseline study demonstrated that dosing was only being carried out correctly 30% of the time. This has serious consequences for the treatment of infections. This quality improvement project intervened with the use of a gentamicin calculator, which enabled users to perform three complex mathematical equations simultaneously without error. Post measurement demonstrated that correct dosing had increased to 92%, which was a significant increase.