Drug usage evaluation: clarithromycin as sequential therapy.

Abstract

A drug usage evaluation (DUE) of the new macrolide antibiotic clarithromycin was conducted at Christ Hospital and Medical Center, an 824-bed community teaching hospital in Oak Lawn, Illinois. The purpose of this DUE was to determine whether clarithromycin was being used as early sequential therapy following other parenteral antimicrobials as recommended by the Pharmacy and Therapeutics Committee.