Angela Dangler, PharmD, BCPS
As a way to protect pharmacists, nurses and patients, many hospital systems may consider using closed-system drug-transfer devices (CSTDs), which limit exposure to hazardous drugs as they are being transferred from one reservoir to another.
Critical to the success of launching or expanding a CSTD program at any hospital is collaboration between pharmacy and nursing stakeholders.
“The use of [CSTDs] is a great example of where collaboration between different