ASHP Pharmacy Futures, June 7-11, 2025
Not a Pleasant Excursion: When Your Cleanroom Is Out of Compliance
Everyone gets cleanroom excursion reports from time to time, and investigating and remediating them is imperative to maintaining a state of control in your pharmacy’s sterile compounding areas.
AUGUST 18, 2025
7 Steps to Building a Surface Sampling Plan That Works for You
A high-quality microbiological air and surface monitoring program isn’t just a regulatory box to check; it’s a targeted, data-driven tool for identifying trends and detecting early threats to sterile compounding safety, experts noted during the ASHP Pharmacy Futures 2025 meeting, in Charlotte, N.C.
AUGUST 18, 2025
Best of ASHP 2025: Best Practices for Disinfecting Sterile Compounding Areas
Kevin Hansen, PharmD, MS, BCSCP, senior director of Pharmacy Compounding Services at Premier Inc., identified EPA-approved disinfectants and best practices for cleaning sterile compounding areas at the annual ASHP Pharmacy Futures meeting in Charlotte, N.C.
AUGUST 8, 2025
Best of ASHP 2025: Improving Medication Reconciliation
Victoria Lubarsky, RPH, shared how investigators were able to transform the medication reconciliation process at a large academic medical center, at the annual ASHP Pharmacy Futures meeting in Charlotte, N.C.
JULY 11, 2025
Best of ASHP 2025: Addressing Gaps and Barriers in USP 797
Patricia Kienle highlighted common barriers to compliance with USP 797, including reported gaps, and provided insights on how to design a sustainable personnel competence requalification plan at the annual ASHP Pharmacy Futures meeting in Charlotte, N.C.
JULY 8, 2025
Best of ASHP 2025: Increasing Importance of Data Integrity in the Revenue Cycle
Bonnie Kirschenbaum details how valuable accurate data can be within the reimbursement system for both payers, patients and providers, and how the importance of data integrity is only going to grow.
JULY 2, 2025
Best of ASHP 2025: Chronic Pain Management, Easy As Cupcakes?
Drs. Emma Murter and Lee A. Kral discuss how to effectively manage chronic pain and work to dispel the related fear and anxiety on part of both providers and patients.
JULY 1, 2025
Pharmacists Show Their Worth in Pediatric Penicillin Allergy Delabeling
A pharmacist-led penicillin allergy delabeling program for pediatric patients is safe, feasible and effective, with nearly all of the patients deemed eligible for the antibiotic class after oral challenge testing, according to new data reported at the ASHP Pharmacy Futures 2025 meeting, in Charlotte, N.C.
JUNE 12, 2025
Pharmacist-Managed Diabetes Program Significantly Cuts A1c Levels
A pharmacist-managed diabetes care program slashed hemoglobin A1c levels by nearly two full points, according to new data presented at the ASHP Pharmacy Futures 2025 meeting, in Charlotte, N.C.
JUNE 12, 2025
Why Are Fewer Pharmacy Residents Completing Their Training?
A growing number of pharmacy residents are not completing their PGY-1 residency programs, and PGY-2 pharmacy residency matches are also on the decline, according to new data presented at the ASHP Pharmacy Futures 2025 meeting, in Charlotte, N.C.
JUNE 10, 2025
‘Good Catch Reporting’ in the EHR Improves Med Safety
Focusing clinician attention on “good catch reports” led to dramatic increases in such reports and improvement of overall medication event reporting in an Arkansas health system, according to a poster presented at the ASHP Pharmacy Futures 2025 meeting.
JUNE 9, 2025
Workflow Assessment Makes the Most of Sterile Compounding Robot Productivity
A structured workflow assessment improved productivity following the installation of a nonhazardous sterile compounding robot at a major academic medical center by pinpointing three main bottlenecks that could be tackled with strategic workflow changes.
JUNE 9, 2025
