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  • Title: A multidisciplinary process to determine, communicate, and manage an antibiotic formulary.
    Author: Cook AA, Sanchez ML.
    Journal: Hosp Pharm; 1992 Oct; 27(10):867-9, 872-4, 882. PubMed ID: 10121423.
    Abstract:
    This article describes a collaborate process developed by the Pharmacy & Therapeutics Committee to define, determine, communicate, and manage an effective antibiotic formulary. Multiple professional disciplines represented by the antibiotic subcommittee evaluated each classification of antibiotics and recommended a preferred drug(s) for each classification. Decisions were based on relative safety, efficacy, and cost with minimal duplication of therapeutic equivalent antibiotics. A therapeutic interchange policy was unnecessary because extensive communication measures developed by the committee proved effective. The strategy used strengthened pharmacist/physician working relationships. This process permitted rationality and understanding by the medical staff, which resulted in unanimous formulary acceptance.
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