The Web-based malaria educational module was developed using information from the 2004 recommendations of Canada’s Committee to Advise on Tropical Medicine and Travel, the 2006 guidelines of the Infectious Diseases Society of America, the 2006 guidelines of the World Health Organization, other relevant literature, and expert advice. The educational content consisted of general information about [...]
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INTRODUCTION Malaria is a serious tropical disease that is an increasing problem for many hospitals across Canada. Between 370 and 460 cases are reported annually in this country,1 and these numbers are known to underestimate the true incidence by 30% to 50%. Between 2001 and 2006, a mean of 17.2 cases of severe or complicated [...]
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We found that the number of interventions increased with the use of pharmacy technicians: there were 46 more interventions in the intervention phase than the pre-intervention phase (both of which were 3 months long). One limitation of the study was that the intervention-phase pharmacist was involved in clinical interventions during a portion of the pre-intervention [...]
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Documented clinical interventions at the sites to date were reviewed for examples of JECS that might be provided in the future, and the following possibilities were discussed: rational use of antibiotics, monitoring of renal function and adjustment of dosages according to the results, therapeutic drug monitoring, allergy clarifications (including distinguishing between true allergy, insignificant allergy, [...]
The study involved 2 hospital sites within a single health region. In the pre-intervention phase, the regional hospital used videoconferencing to provide pharmacy services to the 2 rural hospital sites, each of which had 1 full-time equivalent (FTE) on-site pharmacy technician (P.H., K.P.), one with an additional 0.2 FTE on-site pharmacy technician, as described below. [...]
INTRODUCTION Studies in the literature support the practice of having clinical pharmacists work in direct patient care and the value of these services within the health care system. Although most pharmacists want to provide pharmaceutical care in collaboration with other health care professionals, some hospitals lack the staff that would be necessary. In Canada, the [...]
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Other Evidence Two additional prospective, randomized, open trials that assessed aminoglycosides in combination with 6-lactams were identified. These trials included comparator arms that did not directly provide information relevant to the original question upon which this review is based. For this reason, these trials are not amenable to classification according to the rating scale employed [...]
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