Optimizing Vancomycin Therapy: Transitioning from trough based to AUC/MIC based dosing
Learning Objectives
- Summarize key dosing changes in the 2019 vancomycin clinical practice guidelines and evidence supporting AUC based dosing
- Apply AUC based vancomycin dosing strategies using Bayesian dosing software using patient case examples
- Discuss strategies for incorporating AUC based dosing approaches into clinical workflow
Faculty
Luigi Brunetti, PharmD, MPH
Associate Professor of Pharmacy, Ernest Mario School of Pharmacy
Clinical Pharmacist, Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital Somerset
Continuing Education Credit
Pharmacy Tabula Rasa HealthCare is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE) as a provider of continuing pharmacy education. This enduring material, Optimizing Vancomycin Therapy: Transitioning from Trough based to AUC/MIC based Dosing, is assigned Universal Activity Number (UAN) #JA4008180-0000-19-055-H01-P and #JA4008180-0000-19-055-H01-T (Pharmacy Tech) and is accredited for 0.5 hour(s) for completion of this CE session. Term of approval is from this date on July 31, 2019 until July 31, 2022. Optimizing Vancomycin Therapy: Transitioning from Trough based to AUC/MIC based Dosing is a knowledge-based CE activity.
Category 1 Tabula Rasa HealthCare designates this enduring material for a maximum of 0.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s) TM. Physicians should claim only credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity. AAPA accepts AMA category 1 credit for the PRA from organizations accredited by ACCME.
Nurse CE Tabula Rasa HealthCare designates this activity for 0.5 contact hours for nurses. Nurses should claim only credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity. Nurses licensed in Iowa and California: This activity was planned and developed in accordance with the continuing education standards of the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC). The Iowa Board of Nursing and the California Board of Nursing will honor ANCC continuing education credits for face-to-face programs held outside Iowa and California, or for ANCC-approved online recorded courses taken in a self-study format.
Online self-paced learning via the Tabula Rasa Healthcare University.
Bayesian Dosing: Hitting The Bullseye - Antimicrobials targets and practical dosing methods
Learning Objectives
- Discuss pharmacokinetic dosing targets based on drug mechanism of action
- Compare different dosing methods to reach a target concentration or area under the curve (AUC)
- Describe the interaction between population pharmacokinetic models and individual patient data in Bayesian dosing
- Summarize when Bayesian dosing is an appropriate method to individualize patient pharmacotherapyÂ
Faculty
Robert McLeay, PhD
B InfTech, B Sc (Hons), PhD
Chief Scientific Officer, DoseMe
Continuing Education Credit
Pharmacy Tabula Rasa HealthCare is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE) as a provider of continuing pharmacy education. This enduring material, Hitting the Bullseye with your Antimicrobials: Targets and Practical Dosing Methods, is assigned Universal Activity Number (UAN) #JA4008180-0000-19-054-H01-P and #JA4008180-0000-19-054-H01-T (Pharmacy Tech) and is accredited for 1.0 hour(s) for completion of this CE session. Term of approval is from this date on July 31, 2019 until July 31, 2022. Hitting the Bullseye with your Antimicrobials: Targets and Practical Dosing Methods is a knowledge-based CE activity.
Category 1 Tabula Rasa HealthCare designates this enduring material for a maximum of 1.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s) TM. Physicians should claim only credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity. AAPA accepts AMA category 1 credit for the PRA from organizations accredited by ACCME.
Nurse CE Tabula Rasa HealthCare designates this activity for 1.0 contact hours for nurses. Nurses should claim only credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity. Nurses licensed in Iowa and California: This activity was planned and developed in accordance with the continuing education standards of the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC). The Iowa Board of Nursing and the California Board of Nursing will honor ANCC continuing education credits for face-to-face programs held outside Iowa and California, or for ANCC-approved online recorded courses taken in a self-study format.
Online self-paced learning via the Tabula Rasa Healthcare University.
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Accreditation Statement
In support of improving patient care, this activity has been planned and implemented by Tabula Rasa HealthCare. Tabula Rasa HealthCare is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.
