Using Six Sigma to improve once daily gentamicin dosing and therapeutic drug monitoring performance

Sean Egan; Philip G Murphy; Jerome P Fennell; Sinead Kelly; Mary Hickey; Carolyn McLean; Muriel Pate; Ciara Kirke; Annette Whiriskey; Niall Wall; Eddie McCullagh; Joan Murphy; Tim Delaney

doi:10.1136/bmjqs-2012-000824

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Using Six Sigma to improve once daily gentamicin dosing and therapeutic drug monitoring performance

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Sean Egan Pharmacy Department, Tallaght Hospital, Dublin, Ireland PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Philip G Murphy Microbiology Department, Tallaght Hospital, Dublin, IrelandDepartment of Clinical Microbiology, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Jerome P Fennell Microbiology Department, Tallaght Hospital, Dublin, Ireland PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Sinead Kelly Microbiology Department, Tallaght Hospital, Dublin, Ireland PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Mary Hickey Process Improvement Department, Tallaght Hospital, Dublin, Ireland PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Carolyn McLean Nurse Practice Development Department, Tallaght Hospital, Dublin, Ireland PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Muriel Pate Pharmacy Department, Tallaght Hospital, Dublin, Ireland PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Ciara Kirke Pharmacy Department, Tallaght Hospital, Dublin, Ireland PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Annette Whiriskey Pharmacy Department, Tallaght Hospital, Dublin, Ireland PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Niall Wall Microbiology Department, Tallaght Hospital, Dublin, Ireland PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Eddie McCullagh Microbiology Department, Tallaght Hospital, Dublin, Ireland PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Joan Murphy Phlebotomy Department, Tallaght Hospital, Dublin, Ireland PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Tim Delaney Pharmacy Department, Tallaght Hospital, Dublin, Ireland PubMed articles Google scholar articles

Correspondence to Sean Egan, Antimicrobial Pharmacists, Pharmacy Department, Tallaght Hospital, Belgard Road, Tallaght, Dublin 24, Ireland; sean.egan{at}amnch.ie

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Egan S, Murphy PG, Fennell JP, et al

Using Six Sigma to improve once daily gentamicin dosing and therapeutic drug monitoring performance

BMJ Quality & Safety 2012;21:1042-1051.

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Accepted June 22, 2012
First published August 7, 2012.

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November 11, 2022

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