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Nine months after one of the deadliest and costliest hurricane disasters hit the United States, the Louisiana HIV/AIDS program still is looking for hundreds of clients who had been on medication lists prior to the New Orleans' flooding destruction.
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The Baltimore (MD) City Health Department has found success with an HIV program that is modeled after an intervention already employed in sexually transmitted disease (STD) care.
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After two and a half decades of fighting one of the most insidious and stigmatized public health epidemics in recent history, U.S. public health officials say they are ready to simplify HIV testing guidelines, including eliminating requirements for HIV pre-test counseling.
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The Denver (CO) Public Health Department has changed its HIV testing program over the past few years to an opt-out, rapid HIV test program, which has resulted in a 50% increase in HIV positive cases identified in the sexually transmitted infection (STI) clinic.
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While some aspects of implementing USP 797 ended up being surprisingly easy at Bay-town, TX-based San Jacinto Methodist Hospital, and others were quite challenging, the major lesson learned from the experience was the importance of getting the staff involved and having them take ownership of the changes, according to Charles Hines, PharmD, RPh, the hospital's pharmacy clinical coordinator.
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The Joint Commission International Center for Patient Safety has launched a new "in-development" Patient Safety Practices resource on the Center's web site at www.jcipatientsafety.org/psp.
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With concern rising about the possibility of an influenza pandemic, pharmacists must be immunization advocates and provide pharmaceutical care that includes evaluation of immunization status, according to a Pharmacotherapy article by two members of the U.S. Army Medical Command Military Vaccine Agency.
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An overview of USP Chapter 797 prepared by pharmacist Mike Hurst, RPh, MBA, for pharmacy supplier Baxa Corp., says the chapter, which became effective Jan. 1, 2004, is the first enforceable standard for sterile compounding.
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CAPS (Central Admixture Pharmacy Services) list these examples of what it will take to comply with USP 797:
