1. The document is a chemotherapy preparation and stability chart that provides information for reconstituting and administering various chemotherapy drugs, including diluents, concentrations, storage times and temperatures, and special precautions.
2. Drugs listed include aldesleukin, alemtuzumab, amsacrine, asparaginase, azacitidine, BCG, bendamustine, bevacizumab, bleomycin, bortezomib, busulfan, carboplatin, and others. Information provided for each includes reconstitution details, concentrations for administration, storage details for vials and final products, and any special handling notes.
3. The chart is a valuable resource for
Health care workers (HCWs) involved with hazardous drugs (HDs) may be exposed to them in the air, on work surfaces, clothing, patient excreta, etc. At-risk workers include pharmacists, pharmacy technicians, nurses, physicians, operating room staff, environmental services workers, research laboratory workers, home HCWs, and others. Studies have linked workplace HD exposures with health effects such as skin rashes, adverse reproductive outcomes, leukemia, and other cancers. Because risk is influenced by the extent of HD exposure as well as the potency and toxicity of HDs, USP standards have been developed to minimize exposure and promote HCW safety. Although there is an increased awareness of the risks of HD exposure, these safety standards are not universally implemented and compliance is often inadequate. Occupational health/safety professionals are responsible for executing a comprehensive HD program that includes hazard communication, administrative, and engineering controls.
The existence of look alike and sound alike drug names is a one of the most common causes of medication error and is of concern worldwide. As more medicines and new brands are being marketed in addition to the thousands already available. Many of these medication names may look or sound alike. Thus, the potential for error due to confusing drug names is very high. According to the survey from United States Pharmacopoeia, around commonly used medications were involved in such errors. Error prone medication pairs that can easily cause confusion while prescribing, dispensing and administration/consumption were sorted out. Also real life experiences of medication errors and near misses due to error prone drug pairs were collected from the doctors and the dispensers. It is very important that we circulate the list of confusing brand names among the practicing doctors, pharmacists and also to the drug manufacturers. Preventing confusion between already marketed products typically involves collecting voluntary reports of names involved in confusion errors, posting warnings and alerts both electronically and in areas where drugs are used. The fear of malpractice lawsuits and public embarrassment has made the physicians and nurses reluctant to report medication errors. It is more important to create the open environment that encourages the reporting of errors than to develop less meaningful comparative error rates. One possible approach to improving medical error reporting systems. This type of system should also enable internal tracking, trending and comparative analyses. We need to have such system in India.
PHARMACY AND THERAPEUTICS COMMITTEES AND THE HOSPITAL FORMULARYHealth Forager
Almost every patient who is admitted to a hospital receives drug therapy. Drug therapy accounts for a substantial percentage of cost to an institution. While drugs are life saving, they also have the potential to cause morbidity and mortality. The Pharmacy and Therapeutics (P&T) Committee stands as the decision-making body concerning drug use for most institutions. The concept of a P&T Committee has been around for decades; however, the committee has become substantially more important over the past 20 years. This committee is paramount to the drug decision process in hospitals. Formularies stem from P&T Committees and help provide useful, cost-effective, and safe therapeutic choices to clinicians. This chapter explores in detail the P&T Committee and the use of formularies in an institutional setting.
Learn how to explain MTM and its importance
Learn the differences in the Mirixa and OutcomesMTM platforms
Learn how to create a system of policy and procedures for the pharmacy
Learn options for creating organizational systems
Learn best practices for documentation and making recommendations
Identify resources for clinical guideline recommendations and continuing education
Medication Reconciliation A Basic OverviewAnupam Das
Hi everyone, in this presentation I have shared a basic overview of Medication Reconciliation and its benefits & challenges.
However, this is for education & information purpose only.
Warehousing is expensive. cost of the land, building, machinery, labor and the items stored in the warehouse –consumes bulk of money
How do the companies reduce this cost
Maximize the operation by
Streamlining the placement and picking of goods
Reducing the time goods are stored in the warehouse
Automating as much as possible to minimize labor costs
Health care workers (HCWs) involved with hazardous drugs (HDs) may be exposed to them in the air, on work surfaces, clothing, patient excreta, etc. At-risk workers include pharmacists, pharmacy technicians, nurses, physicians, operating room staff, environmental services workers, research laboratory workers, home HCWs, and others. Studies have linked workplace HD exposures with health effects such as skin rashes, adverse reproductive outcomes, leukemia, and other cancers. Because risk is influenced by the extent of HD exposure as well as the potency and toxicity of HDs, USP standards have been developed to minimize exposure and promote HCW safety. Although there is an increased awareness of the risks of HD exposure, these safety standards are not universally implemented and compliance is often inadequate. Occupational health/safety professionals are responsible for executing a comprehensive HD program that includes hazard communication, administrative, and engineering controls.
The existence of look alike and sound alike drug names is a one of the most common causes of medication error and is of concern worldwide. As more medicines and new brands are being marketed in addition to the thousands already available. Many of these medication names may look or sound alike. Thus, the potential for error due to confusing drug names is very high. According to the survey from United States Pharmacopoeia, around commonly used medications were involved in such errors. Error prone medication pairs that can easily cause confusion while prescribing, dispensing and administration/consumption were sorted out. Also real life experiences of medication errors and near misses due to error prone drug pairs were collected from the doctors and the dispensers. It is very important that we circulate the list of confusing brand names among the practicing doctors, pharmacists and also to the drug manufacturers. Preventing confusion between already marketed products typically involves collecting voluntary reports of names involved in confusion errors, posting warnings and alerts both electronically and in areas where drugs are used. The fear of malpractice lawsuits and public embarrassment has made the physicians and nurses reluctant to report medication errors. It is more important to create the open environment that encourages the reporting of errors than to develop less meaningful comparative error rates. One possible approach to improving medical error reporting systems. This type of system should also enable internal tracking, trending and comparative analyses. We need to have such system in India.
PHARMACY AND THERAPEUTICS COMMITTEES AND THE HOSPITAL FORMULARYHealth Forager
Almost every patient who is admitted to a hospital receives drug therapy. Drug therapy accounts for a substantial percentage of cost to an institution. While drugs are life saving, they also have the potential to cause morbidity and mortality. The Pharmacy and Therapeutics (P&T) Committee stands as the decision-making body concerning drug use for most institutions. The concept of a P&T Committee has been around for decades; however, the committee has become substantially more important over the past 20 years. This committee is paramount to the drug decision process in hospitals. Formularies stem from P&T Committees and help provide useful, cost-effective, and safe therapeutic choices to clinicians. This chapter explores in detail the P&T Committee and the use of formularies in an institutional setting.
Learn how to explain MTM and its importance
Learn the differences in the Mirixa and OutcomesMTM platforms
Learn how to create a system of policy and procedures for the pharmacy
Learn options for creating organizational systems
Learn best practices for documentation and making recommendations
Identify resources for clinical guideline recommendations and continuing education
Medication Reconciliation A Basic OverviewAnupam Das
Hi everyone, in this presentation I have shared a basic overview of Medication Reconciliation and its benefits & challenges.
However, this is for education & information purpose only.
Warehousing is expensive. cost of the land, building, machinery, labor and the items stored in the warehouse –consumes bulk of money
How do the companies reduce this cost
Maximize the operation by
Streamlining the placement and picking of goods
Reducing the time goods are stored in the warehouse
Automating as much as possible to minimize labor costs
Humans are 99% similar to each other; but it is the 1% that is the cause of concern. This relatively small difference actually how a drug will effect our body. Pharmacogenomics is the study of how genes affect a person’s response to drugs. In order to prevent any unwanted reactions it has become necessary to consider one's genome while prescribing medicine. Thus pharmacogenomics is the starting point of personalized medicine.
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Global Inventory Management Strategy
Development of strategy
Inventory stock maintenance- Regular, Safety and Anticipatory stock
Customer fulfillment
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