Policies, Product Choices, and Personnel Competency

By Lou Diorio, RPh  

As the pharmacy community waits for the imminent release of updates to USP <797>, many are speculating how these changes will impact compounding practice, while others have chosen to ignore the discussion altogether, justifying their position by claiming there is a lack of sufficient evidence-based data to support the notion that changes to cleanrooms and compounding practices are needed at all.

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 Using Automated Dispensing Machines to Reduce Lost Charges in the ER and Anesthesia

By Kathy Moorman, BS, PharmD 

At University Community Hospital (UCH), we are constantly looking for ways to improve systems. When equipment or systems are not being used to their full advantage, we usually find it is because the equipment is not set up in a user-friendly way.

By Noel C. Hodges, RPh, MBA  

Contrary to popular belief, your hospital does not have to be part of a large health system to reap the benefits of a centralized unit dose packaging center. In fact, even by bringing the packaging responsibilities of two or three hospitals under one roof, a health system can realize a number of benefits.

By Dwayne J. Gallagher, PharmD and Ronald E. Lay, MS, RPh

"In 2002, we embarked on a multidisciplinary selection process to choose a vendor for CPOE, nursing documentation, and a new pharmacy system...we chose Cerner Millenium"