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Special PP&P Buyer’s Guide: Ambulatory Infusion Pumps |
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PP&P January Issue 2008
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Ambulatory infusion pumps play an important role in delivering pain
control medications, TPN infusions, chemotherapy, and other infusions
to patients in both inpatient and outpatient settings.
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Case Study: A Multi-Vendor Approach to Restructuring Medication Management Systems |
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PP&P January Issue 2008
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By Elaine M. Rodriguez, PharmD, MBA, and Keith Hickey, RPh
With 361 licensed beds, Central DuPage Hospital (CDH) is a community hospital serving the Chicago suburbs... CDH
is second in Illinois in volume of surgical procedures, and our
inpatient pharmacy reviews about 325,000 orders per month, including
IVs and compounded sterile preparations.
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QA and QC Techniques for Tabletop Unit Dose Packaging Machines |
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PP&P January Issue 2008
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By John Falkenholm, PharmD
Available from several vendors, tabletop unit
dose packaging machines have proven to be a reliable technology for
packaging oral solid medications in bar coded unit dose. Relatively
easy to use, the machines require little mechanical oversight and can
produce 60 to 120 packages per minute, depending on manufacturer and
model.
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New & Noteworthy Products- Jan 2008 |
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PP&P January Issue 2008
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Cover Story January 2008: Personal Hygiene and Gowning Procedures |
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PP&P January Issue 2008
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How the Changes to USP <797> Will Affect Your Practice
By Holly Simmons, RPh
The revised USP Chapter <797> was released on December 3, 2007, and will become official on June 1, 2008. It is a dynamic document that will always be subject to revision, but
this first revision is significant in that the USP seeks to clarify the
original document, as well as provide consistent guidelines that apply
to all entities that prepare compounded sterile preparations (CSPs).
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