Nearly half of all inpatient pharmacists in the Calgary Health Region (as of March 1, 2007) completed the educational module and participated in the pre- and post-tests. Of the target population of 122 pharmacists working within inpatient dispensaries, 57 (46.7%) submitted test scores that could be evaluated. Although it is difficult to compare this small, [...]
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In total, 62 (50.8%) of the 122 eligible inpatient pharmacists participated in the educational module. Of these, 2 pharmacists did not complete the post-test and 3 were excluded from the pre-test analysis because they completed the post-test first. Therefore, test results for 57 (46.7%) of the 122 eligible pharmacists were available for full analysis. On [...]
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The entire module and evaluative tests were pilot- tested by 2 pharmacy clinical practice leaders, 2 pharmacy managers, and 1 inpatient pharmacist. Rates of completion of the educational module were determined relative to the total number of eligible inpatient pharmacists. The primary educational end points were change in pharmacist knowledge overall, change in knowledge about [...]
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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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In this study, half of the patients underwent at least one heparin dosing adjustment that was noncompliant with the titration protocol; such noncompliant adjustments were performed by both physicians and nurses. The most common types of noncompliant adjustment appeared to involve calculation of new infusion rates. These “out of protocol” interventions were associated with a [...]
This study analyzed 190 courses of heparin treatment given to 170 consecutive patients admitted to the coronary care unit between November 18, 1996, and April 2, 1997. The baseline characteristics of the patients are presented in Table 1. Of the 190 heparin treatments given, 133 (70%) were prescribed for patients who presented with non-ST-elevation acute [...]
