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What is USP 797?

Endorsed by the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO) with an aggressive compliance schedule, USP 797 has received great attention from hospital administrative, clinical and pharmacy staff.

However, its requirements also extend to architectural and environmental areas. Consequently, hospital design, construction and operations professionals should also become familiar with it.

Far-reaching regulation

USP 797 is a far-reaching regulation that governs a wide range of pharmacy policies and procedures. It is designed both to cut down on infections transmitted to patients through pharmaceutical products and to better protect staff working in pharmacies in the course of their exposure to pharmaceuticals.

Issued by U.S. Pharmacopoeia (USP), the regulation governs any pharmacy that prepares "compounded sterile preparations" (CSPs). Many pharmacies fit this description. Moreover, many large hospitals have several pharmacies--a main one and several satellite pharmacies--that will be affected.

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President Bush is set to sign legislation that will help the federal government crack down on hundreds of rogue Internet pharmacies that peddle controlled substances like the painkiller Vicodin or the stimulant Ritalin.\n\nThe bill reflects growing concern among parents and public-health experts that certain online pharmacies enable almost anyone to purchase drugs with a few mouse clicks and without seeing a doctor or getting a valid prescription. Experts believe the Web sites are fueling an increase in the abuse of prescription drugs, especially among teenagers.\n\nThe legislation, approved by Congress last month, aims to make it harder for people to obtain the drugs by prohibiting online pharmacies from dispensing medications to anyone without a valid prescription from a doctor who has examined the purchaser in person at least once. It would have little effect on legal online pharmacies, such as drugstore.com and the sites of pharmacy chains Walgreen Co. and CVS Caremark Corp. that already impose such rules on their customers.

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Abstract

Purpose: Rates of serious medication errors in three pediatric inpatient units (intensive care, general medical, and general surgical) were measured before and after introduction of unit-based clinical pharmacists.

Methods: Error rates on the study units and similar patient care units in the same hospital that served as controls were determined during six- to eight-week baseline periods and three-month periods after the introduction of unit-based clinical pharmacists (full-time in the intensive care unit [ICU] and mornings only on the general units). Nurses trained by the investigators reviewed medication orders, medication administration records, and patient charts daily to detect errors, near misses, and adverse drug events (ADEs) and determine whether near misses were intercepted. Two physicians independently reviewed and rated all data collected by the nurses. Serious medication errors were defined as preventable ADEs and nonintercepted near misses.

Results: The baseline rates of serious medication errors per 1000 patient days were 29 for the ICU, 8 for the general medical unit, and 7 for the general surgical unit. With unit-based clinical pharmacists, the ICU rate dropped to 6 per 1000 patient days. In the general care units, there was no reduction from baseline in the rates of serious medication errors.

Conclusion: A full-time unit-based clinical pharmacist substantially decreased the rate of serious medication errors in a pediatric ICU, but a part-time pharmacist was not as effective in decreasing errors in pediatric general care units.

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The modern health care system places many demands on administrative pharmacy personnel.Pharmaceutical care in the acute and chronic settings impacts every facet of the hospital, from patient satisfaction to financial and clinical outcomes. An effective director of pharmacy exhibits both strong\nleadership skills and an understanding of the diverse branches of health-system pharmacy. Such an individual is able to lead in the inpatient, ambulatory care, and community pharmacy settings to ensure institutional\nsuccess.\n\nThe qualities of great leaders and managers are easy to recognize but sometimes difficult to quantify.This tool is designed to assist health-care administrators in objectively measuring those elusive characteristics;\nit contains pharmacy-specific competencies as well as general leadership principles. It is intended to assist hospital administrators in the selection of pharmacy directors and administrators.

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By a vote of 263-171, the House this afternoon gave final approval to the Paul Wellstone-Pete Domenici Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act of 2008 as part of the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act (HR 1424). President Bush is expected to sign the legislation late today or early tomorrow.

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Interfacing information technology and medication use to improve safety, efficiency and patient care.\n\nAs the use of IT in healthcare expands and the complexity of medication therapy increases, there has been a correspondingly rapid growth in the specialty practice of pharmacy informatics. In this, ASHP’S newest section, you’ll connect with other specialists who share your professional interests and goals.

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To promote interaction among AMIA members who are interested in the intersection of technology and medication management. This includes all aspects of the process from prescribing, dispensing, administration, monitoring, and educating about medication use within health care delivery systems.\n\n * Prescribing – clinical decision support to facilitate rational prescribing\n\n * Verifying/Dispensing – interpretation, translation and perfection of medication orders, including informatics and technology in dispensing\n\n * Administration – the information flow and decision support with electronic medication administration, 5 right checking and documentation\n\n * Monitoring – relating to the use of ADE surveillance/prevention, pharmaco-epidemiology, pharmaco-vigilance and pharmacoeconomics to enhance patient outcomes\n\n * Education – promoting professional and patient education

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Pharmacy Informatics

Pharmacy informatics is the scientific field that focuses on medication-related data and knowledge within the continuum of healthcare systems - including its acquisition, storage, analysis, use and dissemination - in the delivery of optimal medication-related patient care and health outcomes. (HIMSS October 2006)

The pharmacy informaticist focuses on application of technology for pharmacists in supporting, streamlining, improving workflow, increasing patient safety with best practices and reliable systems.

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