Discontinuation Patterns and Cost Avoidance of a Pharmacist-Driven Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Nasal Polymerase Chain Reaction Testing Protocol for De-escalation of Empiric Vancomycin for Suspected Pneumonia

Affiliations

• ¹ Department of Quality, Patient Safety and Effectiveness, Stanford Health Care, Stanford, California, USA.
• ² Stanford Antimicrobial Safety and Sustainability Program, Stanford, California, USA.
• ³ Department of Pharmacy, Stanford Health Care, Stanford, California, USA.
• ⁴ Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, Virginia Commonwealth University Medical Center, Richmond, Virginia, USA.
• ⁵ Division of Infectious Diseases and Geographic Medicine, Department of Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California, USA.
• ⁶ Department of Pathology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California, USA.