Letter to the Editor - Formulary Stewardship As a Novel Training Method for Postgraduate Pharmacy Practice Residents

摘要

PATIENT CASE Pharmacy resident receives a page at 0200. "Hi, how are you? I am the pharmacy resident covering the infectious diseases formulary stewardship pager returning a page, how can I help you?" "Hello, I am a medical resident covering the medicine floor, I have a patient who is 73 years old presenting with an isolated elevated temperature of 101.1 °F. He had a recent admission for extended spectrum beta lactamase (ESBL) Klebsiella pneumoniae bacteremia treated with 14 days of ertapenem. Blood cultures are currently pending. I would like to request ertapenem for my patient for broad spectrum coverage." "Thank you for the information, do you mind if I take fifteen minutes to look at the patient's medical record and give you a call back?"