I am reporting a series of events related to the use of vancomycin.My institution uses precision dosing software to calculate optimal vancomycin doses.This software is not integrated or interfaced with the emr.It requires manual data entry (entering labs, medication doses, demographic information) in order to calculate doses.In a review of 86 patient courses, data entry errors occurred 17% (15).This resulted in 3% (3) of patients receiving inappropriate doses.There was no clear harm to the patient as a result of these errors.(b)(4).
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