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Featured at ASHP Midyear 2025

Best Practices for CSTD Reevaluation

Q&A with Scott A. Soefje, PharmD, MBA, BCOP, FCCP, FHOPADirector of Cancer Care Pharmacy Mayo Clinic Pharmacy Purchasing & Products: How often should a facility reevaluate its closed system transfer device vendor? Scott Soefje, PharmD, MBA, BCOP, FCCP, FHOPA: While specific timing should be based upon the needs of the organization, in most cases it should occur around the same... Read more

Develop Mitigation Strategies for PN Shortages

While the number of new drug shortages has decreased every year since 2022, both the number of active drug shortages and the average duration of shortages have increased.1,2 Supply issues can impact any drug class or dosage form; however, sterile injectables consistently represent the majority of active shortages compared to oral, topical, and other dosage forms, due to the manufacturing complexities... Read more

Building Blocks of a Quality Management Program

Delivering consistent quality in the final product requires a commitment to quality throughout the processes themselves. Accreditors and regulators have long set expectations for documentation of quality improvement work. While USP historically encouraged pharmacies to incorporate the concepts of quality assurance and quality control, it now requires quality management for pharmacies engaging in... Read more

Ready-to-Use IV Product Watch

July 2025

In the continuous effort to comply with USP <797> and The Joint Commission’s National Patient Safety Goals, pharmacists are seeking products that save time and labor while supporting patient safety. Ready-to-use IV products are often cited as a means to meet those ends, as they eliminate the need to perform compounding and, therefore, can reduce the potential for medication errors and... Read more

Standardize PN Production to Reduce Errors

While we have long relied on parenteral nutrition (PN) to supply intravenous (IV) nutrition to those patients who are unable to meet their daily needs via an oral or enteral route, its use process remains complex, and as such it carries significant patient safety risks. Fortunately, several organizations have developed recommendations to help address the potential associated risks. The Institute for... Read more