Doxycycline Compliance at Bagram Air Field

Abstract

Doxycycline compliance is an essential medical consideration for Commanders and medical personnel in the deployed environment. In current and previous conflicts in malaria endemic areas, malarial infection is a detriment to military personnel's health and consequently mission success. It is well known that no matter how efficacious a countermeasure for malarial infection may be, personal failure to comply with medication administration negates its effectiveness. This performance improvement project demonstrated that doxycycline compliance was less than optimal at Bagram Air Field . In addition, this project highlights the need for exploration/research to improve doxycycline compliance in military personnel.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 01, 2014
Accession Number
ADA600457

Entities

People

  • Cameron L. Hubbard
  • Debra L. Malone
  • Nancy M. Steele
  • Nathan H. Johnson

Organizations

  • United States Air Force Academy

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Air Force Facilities
  • Clinical Laboratories
  • Contracts
  • Digestive System Processes
  • Government Procurement
  • Governments
  • Health Services
  • Infection
  • Medical Personnel
  • Military Personnel
  • Pain
  • Personnel Management
  • Side Effects
  • Warfare
  • Wound Infections
  • Wounds And Injuries

Readers

  • Defense Financial Management and Audit.
  • Systems Analysis and Design
  • Vector-Borne Disease and Entomology