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Cover Story: Designing a Cleanroom |
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PP&P April Issue 2008
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to Meet the Updated USP
<797> Requirements
By Karl M. Kilgore, AIA
Since July 2004, USP Chapter <797> had been laboring under continuous scrutiny, the perception of wavering deadlines, and open forum review. This period has come to a close, with the updated version of the chapter posted on www.usp.org on December 3, 2007, and scheduled to become official on June 1, 2008. The revised chapter is based on thousands of comments received during 30 months of open review and is the result of countless hours of work on the part of the USP Sterile Compounding Expert Committee (2005-2010). The Joint Commission’s deadline for the completion of a facility action plan to achieve USP <797> compliance is January 1, 2008.
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PP&P April Issue 2008
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Selecting a System and Ensuring a Successful Installation
By E-J Chane, PharmD
Pneumatic tube systems can serve as useful tools for transporting a variety of items throughout the hospital, from physician orders and medications to lab specimens and nursing supplies. In comparison to traditional courier services, pneumatic tube systems can be a more dependable and speedier method for delivering these items.
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Why Didn’t I Think of That...? |
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PP&P April Issue 2008
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A Bar Code-Driven Software Solution to Reduce Medication Errors
Located in Baltimore, the University of Maryland Medical Center (UMMC) is a 750-bed, university teaching hospital serving a diverse patient population with a complete range of disease states and acuity levels. Decentralized pharmacies and a centralized IV lab prepare and deliver IV solutions to the patient care areas. In 2001, UMMC contracted a local firm, SC Logic, to develop a software platform that would improve the efficiency of processing premixed IV solutions (i.e., small-volume antibiotics, large-volume vasopressor solutions, and electrolyte solutions) and reduce our potential for error.
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April 2008 Unit Dose Market Watch |
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PP&P April Issue 2008
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•Do you want to purchase more bar coded, unit dose products?
•Is it becoming harder to find the unit dose products you need?
•Have you experienced product-availability changes with little or no notice?
To simplify your unit dose purchasing process, PP&P brings you this timely resource, indentifying some of the newest products available in unit dose.
Click here to download April's Unit Dose Market Watch table
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Publisher's Letter: A Trusted Resource for Information |
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PP&P April Issue 2008
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As a special supplement to our April issue, PP&P brings you the results of our first annual “State of Pharmacy Compounding” survey. The information compiled from our nationwide poll of health-system pharmacies can serve as a valuable tool for benchmarking your progress in achieving <797> compliance against that of your peers.
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