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July 2010 Podcast
More Cryotherapy Urged for Preventing Oral Mucositis
ISSUE: JULY, 2010
Tampa, Fla.—Many palliative care clinicians have been using it for two decades. Several studies have confirmed its low cost, efficacy and safety. And current treatment guidelines from the National Comprehensive Cancer Network suggest that it should be on everyone’s short list of treatments. read more
Surgicenters Often Flub Infection Control Protocols
ISSUE: JULY, 2010
Most ambulatory surgery centers (ASCs) are prone to breakdowns in infection control practices that could put patients in jeopardy, government researchers have found. read more
Making ADCs Part of the Medication Safety Solution
ISSUE: JULY, 2010
How closely are the makers of automated dispensing cabinets (ADCs) conforming to safe-use guidelines issued by the Institute for Safe Medication Practices (ISMP) in 2008, and how well have hospitals adjusted their work processes around this technology to further improve patient safety and drug security? read more
Successful Bedside Scanning Starts With Pharmacy
ISSUE: JULY, 2010
Atlanta—The key to successful bar-code scanning at the bedside begins in the pharmacy and can be achieved only with a meticulously managed bar-code medication use infrastructure, Robert L. Hammond, MS, said in a poster presentation at the unSUMMIT for Bedside Barcoding 2010 meeting. read more
 
•   Daily Feedback Can Help Fix Drug Order-Entry Errors

•   Targeting Drug Wastage Slashes Chemotherapy Cost

•   Our Role in Expanding Residency Programs

•   Assessment Tools and Guidelines: Parenteral Nutrition Therapy

•   Automated Syringe Labels May Boost OR Drug Safety

•   New Blood Test Differentiates Ulcerative Colitis, Crohn’s Disease

•   First FDA/ISMP Fellowship Targets Medication Safety

•   Ten Years of Bar Coding Fosters Turnaround at VA

•   Outpatient Drug Service A Boon to Cancer Patients

•   Investigational Agent Stops Potentially Fatal 5-FU Toxicity

 





Making ADCs Part of the Medication Safety Solution 1
Tramadol Labeling Changed To Include Overdose, Suicide Warning 1
Our Role in Expanding Residency Programs 2
They Didn’t Come Home 2
Treating The Patient With Metastatic Non–Smallcell Lung Cancer 1
OPINION
Our Role in Expanding Residency Programs...  [7/2010]
REMS for Opioids: A Review and Critique ...  [4/2010]
Causes and Remedies for the ‘Miserable’ Workplace ...  [4/2010]
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CLINICAL
Investigational Agent Stops Potentially Fatal 5-FU...  [7/2010]
Targeting Peri-op Blood Pressure Pays Off...  [6/2010]
Alvimopan Helps Reduce Length of Stay, Cost of Car...  [6/2010]
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OPERATIONS & MANAGEMENT
Surgicenters Often Flub Infection Control Pro...  [7/2010] (new)
Pharmacists Help Crash Carts Stay on Track...  [7/2010] (new)
The Ochsner-Aussie Connection...  [7/2010]
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POLICY
IOM Report Predicts Troubled Future for Cancer Res...  [6/2010]
AMA Seeks Limits to Pharmacists’ Scope of Practice...  [5/2010]
Study Calls for Some Vitamins To Be Regulated as O...  [5/2010]
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TECHNOLOGY
Does Telepharmacy Result in Better Care?...  [7/2010] (new)
Making ADCs Part of the Medication Safety Sol...  [7/2010] (new)
Unchaining Nurses From Drug Cabinets...  [7/2010] (new)
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HEM/ONC PHARMACY IN FOCUS
More Cryotherapy Urged for Preventing Oral Mu...  [7/2010] (new)
Ipilimumab Improves Survival In Advanced Mela...  [7/2010] (new)
New Standard of Care Proposed for Follicular ...  [7/2010] (new)
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PEOPLE IN PHARMACY
In Afghanistan, Reserve Pharmacist Answers Call To...  [2/2010]
Parents Are the Key to Keeping Kids Prescription...  [11/2009]
First Pharmacist To Lead SCCM Says Team Approach I...  [11/2009]
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